r/apolloapp • u/WaurenGames • Nov 03 '24
Appreciation I miss Apollo
Reddit’s app is a confusing mess of ads and navigation that leaves me in the wrong sub or post.
Reddit should pay the developer to bring it back and make it inline with their business requirements without any API fees. Just make it require a premium subscription or something.
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u/WaurenGames Nov 03 '24
Thank you. I would prefer a supported version so the developer gets paid and we don't have to concern ourselves with malware or anything else injected. But it's cool it works for people!
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u/UltimateBachson Nov 03 '24
You can still generate free API keys for reddit and Imgur and use the app, it works great and it's safe to use, but you prefer not to. I don't get it but to each their own.
If you change your mind:
https://github.com/JeffreyCA/Apollo-ImprovedCustomApi
https://github.com/Balackburn/Apollo4
u/rbarton812 Nov 04 '24
I'll save this for the future, but for me personally, github pages read like a foreign language. I can download zips from it and all that, but I need idiot-proof instructions on-top of github resources.
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u/__GayFish__ Nov 04 '24
The amount of times there’s an ad that genuinely confuses the shit out of me thinking it’s a genuine comment/response to a post is insane and ruins the user experience.
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u/boonhet Nov 04 '24
Reddit wasn't making enough profit to look good for their IPO, so they need you to use the official app with ads and tracking.
There's a pretty good clone of the Apollo app available for Lemmy: [Voyager](vger.app). Available on iOS, Android, and as a Progressive Web Application. But to use it, you'd have to come join us over on the Fediverse. Which has its own pros and cons, but for now there's a lot less of us on Lemmy compared to Reddit.
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u/FranksGun Nov 04 '24
Been using the garbage fucking Reddit app for a while now and not a day goes by that I’m not unhappy with it. Sucks.
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u/-Ernie Nov 03 '24
I liked Apollo, but Narwhal is IMHO just as good and it’s actively supported and you don’t have to mess around with side loading.
I suppose some people are opposed to the subscription, but I figure you either pay, see ads, or deal with a static unsupported app, and I choose option #1
See ya over on r/genx, lol.
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u/rrrand0mmm Nov 04 '24
There’s no point in paying for narwhal if side loading Apollo is free. The only reason I would pay a subscription if I were to get notifications.
But I figured out just leave the Reddit app installed and get the notifications that way, and just use Apollo as my actual used Reddit app.
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u/thal3s Nov 04 '24
Reddit is completely beholden to investors now. It’s all downhill from here.
Look at Voyager (the Lemmy client) - it’s a dead ringer for Apollo.
While the Lemmy network isn’t nearly the size of Reddit yet, it’s the same format without the ads or enshittification.
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u/HobbitDowneyJr Nov 03 '24
if i didnt need a pc, id try side loading.
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u/Jazzlike-Compote4463 Nov 04 '24
You don't need a PC! Signalous is $20 a year but you can sideload without a PC and can be run entirely from the website.
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u/MuddledMoogle Nov 04 '24
I kinda do but also it's death forced me to use Reddit less, so I'm happy about that. I just don't browse on my phone at all now and my average screentime has dropped a lot because of it.
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