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Christian is a brilliant developer, that made simply the best experience for reddit that ever existed; after the ban, and when Apollo was dead, I simply stopped

Christian is a brilliant developer, that made simply the best experience for reddit that ever existed; after the ban, and when Apollo was dead, I simply stopped consuming reddit (other than an occasional kagi search that takes me there). I hope he knows that a lot of iOS users really appreciate his work, (I even convinced one hardcore Android user to get an iPhone just for this one app, it was that good). For that, thank you Christian!

websap 2mo ago
Bars! My friends and I constantly talk about how good Apollo was. I've tried side loading with alt store as well, but I can't seem to keep it stable, it crashes, fails, etc. All the best to him on his future endeavors!
Barbing 2mo ago
Thankful for its spiritual success, Voyager for Lemmy. The new reddit, the not old.reddit, is hideous and offensive, and it's hard to believe they didn't acquire Apollo. Good for me though, no more reddit.
- embedding-shape 2mo ago
  Apollo was for users, reddit main purpose isn't for the user anymore. How would they get rid of r/all with all the 3rd party clients around? Much harder when you don't control the full experience.
- CuriouslyC 2mo ago
  I have 2 subreddits I still look at, and I can only bear to use old.reddit, new.* is such a hot mess. I should just leave reddit entirely, but /r/localllama does surface some stuff early that takes quite a while to make it here and other tech hubs.
  - kergonath 2mo ago
    > I should just leave reddit entirely, but /r/localllama does surface some stuff early that takes quite a while to make it here and other tech hubs. I do that every now and then but LocalLlama has become such a pain to read. Between the stupid memes, the useless benchmarks and the hype train of the week, I feel the signal to noise ratio has dropped significantly. I haven’t really found anything like what it was 1 or 2 years ago.
- hbn 2mo ago
  Reddit had already acquired AlienBlue which was kinda the go-to iOS reddit app back in the day and I believe it's still the base for the official app.
dionian 2mo ago
Similar story here. Great software
satvikpendem 2mo ago
You can use Apollo reborn still with your own API keys. I personally use a modded reddit app on Android or old.reddit in Firefox. Reddit is way too valuable to stop using entirely. I also use it in LLMs asking them to reference reddit if I am looking for specific suggestions.
ryanfreeborn 2mo ago
Man the reddit apps sucks
vedaba 2mo ago
That name sounded familiar! Those were the days.
johnhamlin 2mo ago
Like many others, I said I’d quit Reddit when they killed Apollo. I was skeptical that I’d actually follow through, but it didn’t end up being a sacrifice at all. The official app sucks so hard it isn’t fun to browse, and now that the mobile site forces you to download the app, I don’t even look at posts from search results much anymore.
- manbash 2mo ago
  I don't have the app and I use reddit (although not often) via my mobile browser (firefox) and it never forced me to download the app, as far as I recall.
  - kergonath 2mo ago
    It does it occasionally to me (Safari on iOS). When it happens, I just close the page. I hope this is enough of a signal to make someone think. I land on Reddit every couple of days or so, and if they don’t kick me I read the thread and sometimes browse a bit a couple of subreddits I used to participate in.
  - oxidant 2mo ago
    Old reddit still works, images and videos are usually forced to go to new reddit. You can sometimes get around it by clicking on the comments link. I started getting a blocking overlay telling me to download the app on new reddit and I just leave.
    - inventor7777 2mo ago
      I encountered that blocker today, so I decided to try Safari's Hide Distracting Items (1) feature, which blocked it once and for all, which I was pretty impressed by. (1): https://support.apple.com/en-us/120682 https://support.apple.com/en-us/120682
    - throw0101d 2mo ago
      > Old reddit still works, images and videos are usually forced to go to new reddit. By default it sends you to new ("www"), but I've found (at least on non-mobile) I can edit the URL to use "old" and works (at least for now).
e40 2mo ago
Yep, me, too. My reddit usage went down 10x (maybe more) after Apollo was killed. Probably a good thing, in retrospect.
mfkp 2mo ago
The best part about Kagi is you can set it to redirect reddit links to old.reddit.com to avoid the enshittification
jayelem 2mo ago
I also quit once Apollo was done in. Thankful to him for improving the Reddit experience, and for helping me leave completely.
MrJagil 2mo ago
I recommend protego https://apps.apple.com/dk/app/protego-for-reddit/id6737959724 https://apps.apple.com/dk/app/protego-for-reddit/id673795972...
phatskat 2mo ago
I’ve said it in a few other places here before, but axing Apollo is the reason I’m on HN at all. I used to use Reddit daily to follow a few games and news subs, and was fairly active in a couple of those communities as a contributor. But I don’t know that I miss Reddit all that much, save for a few small corners of the community. The discourse here is a lot more thoughtful, generally, and the community aspect is what I enjoy the most. Christian’s work on Apollo made me hopeful that good app devs will continue to exist (shoutout to HACK for iOS, it’s a great HN reader), and I’m glad he seems to be doing something pretty cool with his time
yreg 2mo ago
Apollo was the best iOS app there was.

websap 2mo ago

Bars! My friends and I constantly talk about how good Apollo was. I've tried side loading with alt store as well, but I can't seem to keep it stable, it crashes, fails, etc. All the best to him on his future endeavors!

Barbing 2mo ago

Thankful for its spiritual success, Voyager for Lemmy. The new reddit, the not old.reddit, is hideous and offensive, and it's hard to believe they didn't acquire Apollo. Good for me though, no more reddit.

embedding-shape 2mo ago
Apollo was for users, reddit main purpose isn't for the user anymore. How would they get rid of r/all with all the 3rd party clients around? Much harder when you don't control the full experience.
CuriouslyC 2mo ago
I have 2 subreddits I still look at, and I can only bear to use old.reddit, new.* is such a hot mess. I should just leave reddit entirely, but /r/localllama does surface some stuff early that takes quite a while to make it here and other tech hubs.
- kergonath 2mo ago
  > I should just leave reddit entirely, but /r/localllama does surface some stuff early that takes quite a while to make it here and other tech hubs. I do that every now and then but LocalLlama has become such a pain to read. Between the stupid memes, the useless benchmarks and the hype train of the week, I feel the signal to noise ratio has dropped significantly. I haven’t really found anything like what it was 1 or 2 years ago.
hbn 2mo ago
Reddit had already acquired AlienBlue which was kinda the go-to iOS reddit app back in the day and I believe it's still the base for the official app.

dionian 2mo ago

Similar story here. Great software

satvikpendem 2mo ago

You can use Apollo reborn still with your own API keys. I personally use a modded reddit app on Android or old.reddit in Firefox. Reddit is way too valuable to stop using entirely. I also use it in LLMs asking them to reference reddit if I am looking for specific suggestions.

ryanfreeborn 2mo ago

Man the reddit apps sucks

vedaba 2mo ago

That name sounded familiar! Those were the days.

johnhamlin 2mo ago

Like many others, I said I’d quit Reddit when they killed Apollo. I was skeptical that I’d actually follow through, but it didn’t end up being a sacrifice at all. The official app sucks so hard it isn’t fun to browse, and now that the mobile site forces you to download the app, I don’t even look at posts from search results much anymore.

manbash 2mo ago
I don't have the app and I use reddit (although not often) via my mobile browser (firefox) and it never forced me to download the app, as far as I recall.
- kergonath 2mo ago
  It does it occasionally to me (Safari on iOS). When it happens, I just close the page. I hope this is enough of a signal to make someone think. I land on Reddit every couple of days or so, and if they don’t kick me I read the thread and sometimes browse a bit a couple of subreddits I used to participate in.
- oxidant 2mo ago
  Old reddit still works, images and videos are usually forced to go to new reddit. You can sometimes get around it by clicking on the comments link. I started getting a blocking overlay telling me to download the app on new reddit and I just leave.
  - inventor7777 2mo ago
    I encountered that blocker today, so I decided to try Safari's Hide Distracting Items (1) feature, which blocked it once and for all, which I was pretty impressed by. (1): https://support.apple.com/en-us/120682 https://support.apple.com/en-us/120682
  - throw0101d 2mo ago
    > Old reddit still works, images and videos are usually forced to go to new reddit. By default it sends you to new ("www"), but I've found (at least on non-mobile) I can edit the URL to use "old" and works (at least for now).

e40 2mo ago

Yep, me, too. My reddit usage went down 10x (maybe more) after Apollo was killed. Probably a good thing, in retrospect.

mfkp 2mo ago

The best part about Kagi is you can set it to redirect reddit links to old.reddit.com to avoid the enshittification

jayelem 2mo ago

I also quit once Apollo was done in. Thankful to him for improving the Reddit experience, and for helping me leave completely.

MrJagil 2mo ago

I recommend protego https://apps.apple.com/dk/app/protego-for-reddit/id6737959724 https://apps.apple.com/dk/app/protego-for-reddit/id673795972...

phatskat 2mo ago

I’ve said it in a few other places here before, but axing Apollo is the reason I’m on HN at all. I used to use Reddit daily to follow a few games and news subs, and was fairly active in a couple of those communities as a contributor. But I don’t know that I miss Reddit all that much, save for a few small corners of the community. The discourse here is a lot more thoughtful, generally, and the community aspect is what I enjoy the most. Christian’s work on Apollo made me hopeful that good app devs will continue to exist (shoutout to HACK for iOS, it’s a great HN reader), and I’m glad he seems to be doing something pretty cool with his time

yreg 2mo ago

Apollo was the best iOS app there was.