Fuck u/spez (I hope this is allowed here)

3 years ago by zav to c/memes

Currently sitting on the toilet and browsing reddit trough Apollo one last time 💔

Velkas 28 points 3 years ago

Rip. Sync just got rate limited.

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fivezero 14 points 3 years ago

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Vupperware 11 points 3 years ago

Got a nice surprise for you — wefwef.app

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fivezero 9 points 3 years ago

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Vupperware 2 points 3 years ago

Do you know if these other webapps have the points/karma feature like wefwef does?

Lemmy.world does NOT offer a point count, just a count on number of comments/posts.

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G_Wash1776 8 points 3 years ago

Same just happened to Apollo

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TheBig2023Meltdown 2 points 3 years ago

Yup, now the waiting game for sync for lemmy!

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teawrecks 23 points 3 years ago

To be fair, they allegedly weren't profitable.

Which I prefer. I'd prefer a general communal forum to be non-profit, user supported, and moderation decentralized.

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vanontom 14 points 3 years ago

Allegedly, yes. Where did the millions of dollars of revenue go, from all the ads and sponsors (which completely infest their app)?

Reddit execs decided they needed thousands (?!) of employees, despite mods running the subreddits for free. They could never make an app as fully featured as those with literally one employee. And it took years for them to deliver promised features and mod tools (many are very recent or still unavailable).

Lemmy and Mastodon, and all their apps, are running thanks mostly to a few dozen awesome people and donations.

Where did Reddit's millions of dollars disappear to again? And how is that not damning proof of their current execs incompetence?

(Note: I direct this /rant in Reddit's general direction.)

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givesomefucks 8 points 3 years ago

It's easy to make $300,000,000 in funding into a "nonprofitable" company.

You just pay the people running it more than you have. Then usually claim loses on your taxes.

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Kittengineer 12 points 3 years ago

Sure it wasn’t profitable, but the money they were asking for was insane.

No one was against them charging for the api, they were against the insane prices and how the whole thing was handled.

Spez just trying to cash out as much for the IPO and fucking it all up.

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hyperhopper 4 points 3 years ago

Any company can be unprofitable if you have 100x the staff you need working on features that make the site worse or are scams

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BeegYoshi 2 points 3 years ago

Allegedly, but reddit also spent tons of money on stupid shit. My favorite example is their braindead stupid million dollar Superbowl ad, but they also doubled the number of employees to 1400 in 2021. And all they have to show for it is a slow, ugly website and a trashy, extra-monetized mobile app. Fuck em.

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teawrecks 1 point 3 years ago

Oh definitely fuck em. I'm just saying, they didn't have a "good thing going" where they could just sit back and make millions.

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marmo7ade 0 points 3 years ago

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solarzones 19 points 3 years ago

It just went down the rate limits are happening :,(

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butterypowered 4 points 3 years ago

Just when I was reading Christian’s farewell post too. All so needless. Oh well.. hello Lemmy!!

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TheBig2023Meltdown 2 points 3 years ago

Same

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zav 2 points 3 years ago

Same for me 🥲

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roddin 17 points 3 years ago

i think in that case - fully supported

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Rhyz 13 points 3 years ago

RIP Apollo and the rest of the 3rd party apps. I used Apollo everyday for the past couple of years and while I’m on here I still feel disbelief that it’s about to shut down.

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bulbousnub 12 points 3 years ago

Put your API changes away, Waltuh

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alphapro06 4 points 3 years ago

Skyler be singing happy cake day to u/spez in the most cringey way possible

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Pissio 11 points 3 years ago

Rip Apollo and Reddit , welcome lemmy !

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itsJoelleScott 6 points 3 years ago

Try out wefwef.app

It's spooky how close it is to Apollo

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mingistech 5 points 3 years ago

wefwef is also great as a desktop app.

https://imgur.com/ZLHPwky

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itsJoelleScott 3 points 3 years ago

WHOA. I'm trying this on my desktop next!!

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mingistech 3 points 3 years ago

I’m running the macOS Sonoma beta. It has that new add-to-dock feature that essentially makes any web page feel more like a local app.

I know that’s not a new concept, but the implementation is really nice.

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russianagent 8 points 3 years ago

RIP just tried for the last time and won’t open. I’ll miss it.

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DonatellaHibachi 8 points 3 years ago

It seems I get to have add free relay for a little while longer, as I paid for it a long time ago and u/dbrady seems to be working on a monthly subscription thing with Reddit.

I have mixed feelings. I've been successfully weaning myself off Reddit, and already had a little 'final visit to the app' a day or so ago, so I don't think I'll have much use of the 'extra' time on the SFW Reddit.

My contributions were mostly jokes in the comments (some were actually pretty damn good, others admittedly terrible) and personal shit I was working out over the almost eleven years I've shared with Reddit. I've considered deleting everything, but it was a lot of me talking to the abyss, and it sometimes talking back at me. I feel like letting my words linger and die there with bots picking at their cadavers has its charm.

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Amir 1 point 3 years ago

I'm gonna use the extra time to help more people over to Lemmy

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roddin 7 points 3 years ago

Apollo just stopped for me… 🫡

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MsPenguinette 2 points 3 years ago

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blade85 7 points 3 years ago

Had to remove RIF as well last night. Sad times.

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HSThompson2023 6 points 3 years ago

Well, here I am. Fuck Spez. Apollo was the best and the official Reddit app is pure shit. It’s a shame. Now I’m testing thunder and memmy. I really hope I can find a new home here

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Fort 3 points 3 years ago

Try Wefwef. It’s a carbon copy of Apollo for Lemmy. You’ll feel right at home. Make sure you add it to your home screen for the best experience.

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Earnest 2 points 3 years ago

Liftoff is working great for me so far

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dani 2 points 3 years ago

Liftoff is great, but the text size on the comments is way too small and currently not adjustable (only post text is adjustable). Hopefully that’s just an oversight because along with wefwef, Liftoff is the best for me right now.

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faltuuser 2 points 3 years ago

Yeah... Text size is a problem for me too.

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GordonRamsay 6 points 3 years ago

never realized how perfect this meme format is for the situation that's currently ongoing

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007v2 6 points 3 years ago

Testing out Mlem for Lemmy and loving it. Has a very Apollo like feel to it! RIP Apollo!

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Demigod787 1 point 3 years ago

Try WefWef instead; it's an Apollo carbon copy. The only thing that can satiate my addiction now.

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Nks 4 points 3 years ago

Wefwef looked and felt nice but was too buggy for me. Mlem is pretty nice so far.

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Demigod787 1 point 3 years ago

Most of the connection bugs are now permanently fixed as this was issue with Lemmy.world as for bugs I kid you not the developer has churned 4 updates in ONE day. Features are being added constantly and bugs are being squashed left and right. And if you still have trouble then you can mention it on the community page to help it improve.

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Nks 2 points 3 years ago

Yeah I saw the updates throughout the day. Impressive. I'm still not 100% sure where I'll settle quite yet. Still bouncing around till I feel that sweet spot.

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TeaHands 6 points 3 years ago

What time do the apps actually go down? Is there a specific cutoff or will they all just die one by one?

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PilotJones 14 points 3 years ago

I think Apollo literally just died a minute or two ago. Was using it when it suddenly just crashed. Now every time I open it, it crashes almost instantly.

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zav 4 points 3 years ago

Still working over here

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PilotJones 5 points 3 years ago

I see. Maybe it’s going to die off in waves of users. It’s 100% stopped working for me.

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EeeDawg101 3 points 3 years ago

It just crashes a few seconds after I launch the app :-(

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Beeps 3 points 3 years ago

Same thing is happening to me. Didn’t happen until I made the final update though.

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Nks 1 point 3 years ago

Crashes on open for me now. Sad day

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TheDave 6 points 3 years ago

Just stopped for me… Feels like the end of the Truman show…

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Haus 5 points 3 years ago

BaconReader removed from my phone.

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Klear 5 points 3 years ago

Allowed? It's mandatory!

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flameguy21 5 points 3 years ago

Blows my mind how some corporations would make more money doing literally nothing then they just completely ruin it

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drpeppershaker 5 points 3 years ago

Right? Wouldn't some money from API calls be better than no money?

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ANIMATEK 5 points 3 years ago

lol the dialog fits perfectly 😂😂

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ash 4 points 3 years ago

They shut the API off early. RIP Apollo.

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FrickAndMortar 3 points 3 years ago

Was not expecting to find it dead, and went to launch it one last time. Gut punch.

I wonder if Reddit shut it off early just to be spiteful bastards.

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bobbo 4 points 3 years ago

"Gut punch" feels weirdly accurate.

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flambonkscious 4 points 3 years ago

Great scene and carries across to this situation really well. Sane API pricing with different tiered API endpoints ($$ for the public ones, but separate tiers for 3rd party apps by negotiation to keep out the AI training farms, by keeping them in the expensive, non -negotiated tier) would have been fine.

There were ways through this, but they're already decided and weren't willing to negotiate

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Kaabiikaze 4 points 3 years ago

Just saw that Apollo crashed and was about to see if someone posted something here, and I was not disappointed 😂.

RIP

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DamnItSteve 3 points 3 years ago

F U SPEZ

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