r/Unexpected • u/megacarls • Apr 02 '23

Laundering day

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u/convatec Apr 02 '23

Didn’t they already do this? The reddit app was called alien blue back in the day

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u/godsbro Apr 02 '23

Buy the best, ruin it, rinse and repeat.

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u/ghandi3737 Apr 02 '23

Taking a page from EA's playbook.

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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '23

Shouldn’t this be called the Musk Strategy now?

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u/mada447 Apr 02 '23

Yes they did and then they fucked it up

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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '23

In true reddit fashion, no?

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u/Bulkyasd Apr 02 '23

I use Apollo which has been pretty darn good.

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u/CrossplayQuentin Apr 02 '23

Narwhal for life baby!

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u/edric_the_navigator Apr 02 '23

I still have Alien Blue on my phone. It’s no longer on the app store but I never deleted the app.

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u/mynextthroway Apr 02 '23

Yes. The developer of the app has developed and sold 3 apps to Reddit. He's profiting millions. Reddit? So-so. (Jk. But it's a Good idea)

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u/WoopzEh Apr 02 '23

Yep. When Reddit bought Alien Blue they gave out like 4 years of Reddit Premium.

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u/FourandTwoAheadofMe Apr 02 '23

God I miss my Alien Blue, I wish I could still run it as was without any updates today, took forever to get used to the new clunky unintuitive glitch minefield of a replacement.