🚀 Apollo’s Final Odyssey: Beloved Reddit App Forced to Shutdown 💥
TL;DR: Apollo, the go-to Reddit app, is biting the dust on June 30. 😭 Why? Reddit’s “unreasonable” API access costs have pushed the app developer, Christian Selig, to call it quits. Reddit’s astronomical fee has left users and moderators in uproar. Could this move be a fatal asteroid for Reddit’s community goodwill? 🚀💔
“Fly me to the moon 🌙,” sang Apollo users, but their beloved Reddit app is doing the exact opposite. The Internet’s own SpaceX is coming in for an enforced crash landing on June 30, thanks to Reddit’s decision to charge developers the GDP of a small island nation for API access. In the immortal words of Shakespeare, “Et tu, Reddit?” 👀
Christian Selig, the big brain behind Apollo, dropped the bombshell today. He’d have to cough up $12,000 for every 50 million requests, which with Apollo’s sizeable user base, would run up a bill of $20 million per year. We’re not rocket scientists 🧑🚀, but that’s a chunk of change even Elon Musk might blink at. Selig, justifiably, is calling it “unfeasible.” Or in layman’s terms, a “not gonna happen, no way, no how” kind of situation. 💸💔
So, Apollo’s coming in for a rough landing, but the fallout doesn’t stop there. Reddit users and moderators who’d become accustomed to the app’s intuitive third-party charm are up in arms. All that love, that community spirit, being funneled into frustration and resentment. But the bigwigs at Reddit are standing firm, despite the outcry. 🛡️🚫
I mean, surely they didn’t think the Apollo community would just sit back and watch their favorite app get blasted out of orbit without so much as a whimper, right? 🚀😤
The big question on everyone’s lips, besides “Reddit, what the heck?”, is what comes next for the Apollo community. Do they jump ship to an alternative third-party app, or do they begrudgingly head back to the mothership and accept Reddit’s “it’s my way or the highway” stance? 🤷♂️💭
In this digital age of alternatives at our fingertips, companies making decisions that harm user experience seems like playing Russian Roulette with their brand. But hey, we’re just reporters, not fortune tellers. All we can do is sit back and watch as this drama unfolds. 🍿📺
So, what’s your hot take, readers? Is Reddit shooting itself in the foot with this move? And to all you lost Apollo users out there, what’s your next move? Will you rally against Reddit or accept the inevitable and adapt? We wanna know, so hit us up in the comments below! 💭💬
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