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I don't disagree that it's one point of view, but I hardly believe both examples do not have a simpler explanation: both companies no longer want APIs for third

I don't disagree that it's one point of view, but I hardly believe both examples do not have a simpler explanation: both companies no longer want APIs for third-party clients. Elon wanted to turn it completely off and was probably convinced to ban the accounts of all the third-party clients and to try and harass the world's many weather services to pay 42,000$ a month. Reddit has one credible third-party client: Apollo. He's always been fairly transparent about his money flow, so it's exceedingly easy for Reddit to price him out and put the fear of god into any developer interested in a Reddit client.

afterburner 3y ago
> Reddit has one credible third-party client: Apollo. Do you mean at least one? Because there are many "credible" ones, unless I misunderstand what you mean by credible.
- tnel77 3y ago
  Credible likely means “good and successful” in this context
  - mtizim 3y ago
    By this definition, there's still multiple credible reddit clients - relay, baconreader, rif.
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    - spurgu 3y ago
      Boost also.
    - SturgeonsLaw 3y ago
      I'm surprised how infrequently I see Relay mentioned considering how slick it is
    - afterburner 3y ago
      Redreader is good. I have no idea how successful it is.
vimy 3y ago
Yeah, this is the equivalent of a freelancer quoting an absurd price for a job they don’t want.
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JustSomeNobody 3y ago
> Reddit has one credible third-party client: Apollo. Ooof. I mean, if you're only an iOS user, maybe?
- noirbot 3y ago
  And there's even Narwhal on iOS that's totally viable and fine. That's insane hyperbole.
  - vczf 3y ago
    I stopped using narwhal because it doesn't have good "drafts" support. At the time, I was writing a lot of thoughtful, heavily revised comments and posts.
- folkrav 3y ago
  On iOS Apollo and Narwhal were both good options last I tried them. Android has a lot more going on. All of Infinity, Joey, Sync (my choice), RiF, Boost and Now are pretty solid. Pretty reductive indeed to say Apollo is the only serious contenter...
  - pb7 3y ago
    Here's the difference. Apollo has arguably more user value than Reddit itself. I wish Apollo worked as a client for HN, for example. It could easily be plugged into any similar platform and still be one of the best mobile apps ever built. The others are just a-dime-a-dozen Reddit clients.
    - spacehunt 3y ago
      Speak for yourself. I would pay for RiF to add HN support, while I couldn't care less about other clients, including Apollo.
      - surgical_fire 3y ago
        RiF is probably the only reason I used Reddit for as long as I did. Excellent interface, really solid client. I even paid the premium just to show my appreciation. My hatred for Reddit the platform only grew as time passed, to a point where I mostly dropped the site from my browsing habits a couple of years ago. I hope the recent changes bring an end to Reddit, the world will be better without it. But my hatred for Reddit does not extend to RiF, much to the opposite. I hope whatever Reddit replacement spawns in the future has a RiF for it.
delta_p_delta_x 3y ago
> Reddit has one credible third-party client: Apollo Tell me you only use iOS without telling me you only use iOS...

afterburner 3y ago

> Reddit has one credible third-party client: Apollo. Do you mean at least one? Because there are many "credible" ones, unless I misunderstand what you mean by credible.

tnel77 3y ago
Credible likely means “good and successful” in this context
- mtizim 3y ago
  By this definition, there's still multiple credible reddit clients - relay, baconreader, rif.
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  - spurgu 3y ago
    Boost also.
  - SturgeonsLaw 3y ago
    I'm surprised how infrequently I see Relay mentioned considering how slick it is
  - afterburner 3y ago
    Redreader is good. I have no idea how successful it is.

vimy 3y ago

Yeah, this is the equivalent of a freelancer quoting an absurd price for a job they don’t want.

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JustSomeNobody 3y ago

> Reddit has one credible third-party client: Apollo. Ooof. I mean, if you're only an iOS user, maybe?

noirbot 3y ago
And there's even Narwhal on iOS that's totally viable and fine. That's insane hyperbole.
- vczf 3y ago
  I stopped using narwhal because it doesn't have good "drafts" support. At the time, I was writing a lot of thoughtful, heavily revised comments and posts.
folkrav 3y ago
On iOS Apollo and Narwhal were both good options last I tried them. Android has a lot more going on. All of Infinity, Joey, Sync (my choice), RiF, Boost and Now are pretty solid. Pretty reductive indeed to say Apollo is the only serious contenter...
- pb7 3y ago
  Here's the difference. Apollo has arguably more user value than Reddit itself. I wish Apollo worked as a client for HN, for example. It could easily be plugged into any similar platform and still be one of the best mobile apps ever built. The others are just a-dime-a-dozen Reddit clients.
  - spacehunt 3y ago
    Speak for yourself. I would pay for RiF to add HN support, while I couldn't care less about other clients, including Apollo.
    - surgical_fire 3y ago
      RiF is probably the only reason I used Reddit for as long as I did. Excellent interface, really solid client. I even paid the premium just to show my appreciation. My hatred for Reddit the platform only grew as time passed, to a point where I mostly dropped the site from my browsing habits a couple of years ago. I hope the recent changes bring an end to Reddit, the world will be better without it. But my hatred for Reddit does not extend to RiF, much to the opposite. I hope whatever Reddit replacement spawns in the future has a RiF for it.

delta_p_delta_x 3y ago

> Reddit has one credible third-party client: Apollo Tell me you only use iOS without telling me you only use iOS...