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>Will you sell Apollo? >Probably not. Maybe if the perfect buyer came along who thought they could turn Apollo into something cool I get that it's something h
by giarc 3y ago
>Will you sell Apollo?
>Probably not. Maybe if the perfect buyer came along who thought they could turn Apollo into something cool
I get that it's something he built and loves, but if someone shows up with $1m and the alternative is to shut it down and get nothing. Then take the money even if it's not the "perfect buyer" and it won't be "cool".
- rchaud 3y agoNo one is going to buy it, the API pricing makes it impossible to turn a profit.
- bpye 3y agoPresumably if someone were to offer to buy it it's because they intend to stand up a different back-end and try and start a new platform?
- hayd 3y agoThere is one obvious candidate to buy it... but that was shot down as some kind of threat.
- MostlyStable 3y agoI've heard these new API fees would result in monthly subscription numbers between $2 and $5/month. I'd pay $5 to keep my third party app (which isn't Apollo). I fully believe that _most_ users aren't interested in paying these fees. But I'm skeptical that there are so few that _none_ of these 3rd party apps will stay afloat. I've got to believe that if none of the current big players want to stay in, someone else will come along soon.
- giarc 3y agoI wouldn't be so sure. The app has been the talk of Reddit and many tech circles for a few weeks. Many are saying that without Apollo they won't use Reddit anymore. So if someone were to buy it and say "The same Apollo you love is now $9/month" I bet they could retain a number of users, specifically because there won't be other competitors (all competitors will be in same boat wrt to API pricing and not allowing ads).