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View submission: An Update Regarding Reddit’s API
I'm still not quite that pessimistic. Apps like Apollo are still minuscule compared to the official app in size and provide many people a way to access Reddit where they would simply not use the service if the app didn't exist. Reddit's also been warm, passionate, and communicative in a way that they didn't have to be.
And if it's stuff like ads, there's a million ways to solve that. Integrate ads into the API (with part of your license agreement being that you can't filter them out), require Reddit Premium for third party apps, etc.
Comment by unaalpacafeliz at 18/04/2023 at 18:25 UTC*
35 upvotes, 1 direct replies
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Comment by razialx at 18/04/2023 at 17:58 UTC
63 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Just want to take a moment to say how much I love Apollo. I try to tip every big release (realize I forgot with this last update). You make using Reddit bearable.
Wait… not seeing the tip option. Huh guess I’m signing up for Apollo Ultra once we hear how this all shakes out.
Comment by [deleted] at 18/04/2023 at 17:50 UTC
21 upvotes, 1 direct replies
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Comment by yreg at 19/04/2023 at 06:29 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
The day they kill Apollo I’m going to stop using reddit from my phone.
Comment by [deleted] at 20/04/2023 at 03:44 UTC
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Comment by 8ytecoder at 18/04/2023 at 21:45 UTC
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I agree. I personally feel bad and want to pay for premium since I use Reddit so much - probably right away. It won’t be the worst thing ever to require that. But arbitrary limits that aim to cripple apps like Apollo would simply mean I’ll block Reddit out and learn to live without it than trying to use the official app. (I try the official app from time to time. It’s just bad. And i can’t stand ads).
Comment by shroudedwolf51 at 19/04/2023 at 02:26 UTC
-1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I don't imagine they are as tiny as one might expect. Since it took Reddit many, many years to actually push out an official application. And, even with the extraneous new features being available in the official application, the user experience is bloody awful.
I imagine it has not even much to do with advertisements, but with the same reason why every single bloody business is now desperately trying to force you to install an app. Be it McDonald's, CVS, whatever. The level of data collection possible via mobile app is completely insane compared to a website or API. And selling off that data brings in way more money than advertisements ever could.
Comment by MaesterPraetor at 05/06/2023 at 11:11 UTC
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
provide many people a way to access Reddit where they would simply not use the service if the app didn't exist
That's the case for me. I use Relay, and I'll just not use Reddit anymore if I can't use that.
Comment by [deleted] at 08/06/2023 at 20:57 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I dont think ads in api isn't really feasible. Theres no easy way to gurantee youre not filtering them, and you lose control over how ads are shown, where theyre showns, to which users and when, on what platforms theyre shown, etc.