Looks like theres a final surprise in the form of a song in Apollo now that it’s closed.
Can anyone identify the artist?
EDIT: someone managed to find it. From Christian’s YouTube page:
A fun parody of Sarah McLachlan’s I Will Remember You performed by the incredible Zoe Wynns
Crazy to see my lemmy account at <1m old when my Reddit one is 15yrs 11mo…kinda bummed I’m all but resigned to moving on just short of my sweet 16.
Hope to see these federated services take off!
RIP Apollo
No worries brosef. You’re early-adopting yet again. Give it time, and you’ll be one of the legacy guys once again.
- 10-year Reddit user
Yeah, 13 year veteran here. It’s actually kinda refreshing to have a fresh start. My dumbass high school self shared way too much on Reddit and picked obvious usernames. By the time I wised up I was in too deep. Doing things differently this time in a level playing field.
Image Transcription: Image with Text:
[The mascot icon for the app ‘Apollo for Reddit’, a small cartoon-style astronaut’s head, is shown smiling in from of a pink heart, with two smaller hearts floating above it. There is a white volume icon in the upper right corner and white text below the icon. The image has a black background.]
Thank You
Apollo shut down on June 30th due to reddit making drastic and sudden increases to API pricing for developers.
It was an absolute honour to build Apollo for you all over the last 9 years, I loved every minute of it.
If you’d like to continue to support me, there’s some options below!
- Christian (u/iamthatis)
^I’m a human volunteer transcribing posts in a format compatible with screen readers, for blind and visually impaired users!^
Hey, I would like to help with this, but I want to make sure I do it right and do not repeat any already existing transcripts. It gives me something productive to do on my phone that is hopefully better for my mental health and helps my fellow humans.
I usually scroll through the comments looking for the word “transcription”, and if I don’t see it, I go ahead. Should get easier for me once they implement search in comments on liftoff, which is hopefully soon. As for formats, you can find the formatting on the r/TranscribersOfReddit sub, and you can ask the discord if you have any questions. I’m on there too, and the mods may seem scary at first but trust me they’re really kind and just happy that you’re there trying to help. It’s volunteer work, after all.
The only big rule is if you aren’t doing it through ToR using the proper reddit queue (which is no longer active due to the bot shutting down from the API limits), then you need to change or remove the footer, and dont link to the ToR subreddit.
It’s an amazing community and honestly some of my recent transcriptions have been me trying to fight off my own depression by doing this. So you aren’t alone in those reasons, and it can be really nice to see just how much it helps people. Daunting at first, but once you get the hang of it, it’s super easy.
If you want to get started, but aren’t sure if you’re doing it right, feel free to ping me in a reply to your transcription on here and I can read it over and give you some pointers if needed. Best of luck!
Release Apollo app for Lemmy 🤷♀️
Yeah I’m using it as I type this and it is incredibly similar, almost eerily. I’m kind of hoping the developer gives it it’s own unique character and soul in the future. Or since it’s open source (I’m pretty sure?) someone else can.
But with that being said I still strongly recommend so far
I can’t find wefwef in the AppStore. Can you send the link?
nvm not a real app but a web app.
The new update for Memmy is awesome. Can sort comments now. The app looks polished!
The amount of times I’ve opened the app due to muscle memory and seeing that screen…. Rip Apollo and fuck spez. I hope he steps on the pointiest of lego bricks.
Wefwef is not bad for a web app that you can add to your Home Screen. Mlem is basically inspired by Apollo, seems easy to use. It’s in TestFlight so you’ll have to download that and then grab the link to the beta.
There is another one called memmy, but I can’t find a working TestFlight link for that one as it requires a code to download.
I’ve noticed a lot of multiple posts with wefwef users. I’m using it too, and all the muscle memory from Apollo carries over nicely. It’s quite nice.
That’s one of the main reasons I found an app for Lenny rather than using the web, I needed something to put in the hole Apollo left behind.
You can save a web page as an icon (In Safari: click the share icon -> select “Add to Homescreen”)
I’m sure Christian is taking some time off to lick his wounds and regroup, and I truly hope he’s able to move forward. If he makes a Lemmy app, I’ll definitely jump on it.
If you’re not already try wefwef. I keep forgetting it’s not actually Apollo I’m using.
