Mainline 23 points 3 years ago

I think if he wanted to, he would. I wouldn’t be surprised if he wants to take a break and/or look for a more stable job. I wouldn’t expect anything soon or ever personally.

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haulyard 10 points 3 years ago

He said he wants to take a break in one of his detailed posts about the whole state of the app and Reddit. I don’t blame him.

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Thekingoflorda 7 points 3 years ago

I just hope he opensources apollo in it's entirity. I would say there is no reason for him not to. Maybe this app can pick the best parts from the codebase and integrate it into this app.

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cerevant 14 points 3 years ago

There's a great reason for him not to: he can create a paid Lemmy client based on the code. Dude made way too much money on that piece of software to just give it away.

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FlaxPicker 9 points 3 years ago

I love Mlem so far but if Apollo came back converted to Lemmy, i would at least try out both.

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teflocarbon 7 points 3 years ago

Definitely. I think once he picks himself up after the initial shock of it all, he'd probably give it a go if demand calls for it. He was very passionate about Apollo, I don't think it's going to die here and now, nor do I think he wants it to die.

Tapbots went through the same thing with Tweetbot -> Ivory. It's just really hard to give up labour of love projects, especially ones that you've invested the last decade into.

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cerevant 1 point 3 years ago

It seems like a no-brainer to me. He’s already don the hard UI work, adapting to a new API is pretty trivial by comparison.

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dojan 2 points 3 years ago

I hope not. He’s spent a lot of time on it and I’d not want to see Reddit swipe that code.

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Thekingoflorda 3 points 3 years ago

Fair enough

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777 4 points 3 years ago

He has a number of successful apps beyond Apollo, so I hope that they will tide him over until his next project. I would love the story arc where he returns and exacts vengeance on Reddit but I would definitely not blame him for never touching social media again.

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artificial_unintelligence 10 points 3 years ago

The beauty of the fediverse is we can tag him here, even tho he only has a mastodon account. Hey @christianselig@mastodon.social, what are your thoughts on lemmy?

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anthr76 5 points 3 years ago

This would be almost too good to be true. I would to happily help fund.

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FuryFaceofDoom 3 points 3 years ago

Honestly, he should just take a break, or look for something more stable. He is definitely capable! But Mlem is a great app! I hope it becomes the Apollo of Lemmy

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jojo 3 points 3 years ago

Sure, but he'd have to reach out to us first ^^

(This is not an invitation/question to start heckling christian to work with us, leave him to rest a bit, he's just got a big proud project burned by a greedy company)

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borlax 2 points 3 years ago

Anything’s possible as long as both parties are interested.

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ddnomad 2 points 3 years ago

Yeah that would be read, though I strongly suspect that Christian would be able to just go solo if he wanted it.

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LogischesWindows 1 point 3 years ago

I don’t think he’s developing anything reliant on another service again but if he is it’d be nice.

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Slated 1 point 3 years ago

Of course it’s possible, but who knows if it will happen. I’ve been working on a little similar native app for iOS, however it’s nowhere near a usable state.

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