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Reddit designed this pricing change specifically to kill off 3rd party apps. If Apollo jumped through this hoop, there would be another in the future. There wou

• Alupis 2y ago
  Maybe, maybe not. It's unreasonable to expect a company to offer free services that make you money. Therefore it's not unreasonable to pay something for access to the content that makes your app successful. No matter what the API fees are - if Apollo provided value to it's users, it would have users willing to pay for it. Like I previously said - many apps cost $30-50+ annually to use - and the users are happy to pay. Apollo users probably on-average used the app daily.
  • dialup_sounds 2y ago
    Are there any 3rd party apps that did not come to the same conclusion that the fees and restrictions made their continued development untenable?
    • jerlam 2y ago
      Narwhal transitioned to a 3rd party, paid subscription app. It's been around for over a year in this form. https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/29/23777992/reddit-third-party-ios-app-narwhal https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/29/23777992/reddit-third-par...