Did Christian mention anything about opensourcing the client?
IIRC, he open sourced the server backend.
Edit: apparently I do not recall correctly. I remember someone saying something about open source, and he posted something to github. I incorrectly linked the two. Thanks to those posted more accurate information below.
Server back end? What does that do? I thought Apollo would just take directly to Reddit’s servers?
I’m not sure if “open sourced” is the right word(s) here. I can’t find a license in the repository, so it is not released as open source and the code can’t be used without breaching copyright.
I’m pretty sure it was only done to prove Reddit wrong re: scraping and abusing the API (and all those silly accusations they made against Apollo).
He still owns the rights to it AFAIK.
I just downloaded the Mlem TestFlight. The design feels very Apollo-inspired, it’s great so far!
Yeah, I’m using it too, but I find myself using the web more. Functionality is very limited ATM, but I’m excited that it’s in active development.
I can’t fully replace the web version with Mlem just yet, but the app is much smoother and faster for me. Sometimes loading posts take a few seconds on the web version and it’s really annoying if you just want to go in and out real quick
Even just the feed view in mlem currently feels like I’m loading Reddit… it’s really good!
Ive always been on rif, never even heard of Apollo until this whole API catastrophe. Now I feel like I’m missing out!
Meh, you weren’t. RIF is for us Android Troglodytes. If you are using Android, you are either poor or care how you spend your money. Either way, for RIF was the best $2.99 I ever spent.
Oh Apollo was apple only? Strange it gets so much attention - who uses Apple anymore, what a racket
To be frank, Apollo is the best Reddit has ever been for me, period. Apollo was the Reddit app for iOS. It was even so ubiquitous that it earned praise from the folks high up in the Apple food chain, and getting directly named in their recent event.
The guy behind the whole project was previously an intern at Apple, and wanted to make something that “felt like it was created by Apple,” and damn did he succeed. I spent a pretty penny supporting that project when I had an iPhone, and I continued to throw a little money that way once I finally got away from Apple. I’d have bought it all over again if it ever came to Android. To be clear, the app was free and ad-free with optional paid tiers for extra features or just to support the dev. Absolutely incredible work.
When I came to Android, nothing ever quite replaced Apollo. Not that there’s anything wrong with the plentiful other third party apps, Apollo was just… That good, IMO. Sad to hear he won’t be pivoting toward supporting an alternative, like Lemmy, but I understand why.
I came from RIF and Jerboa does the trick for me.
Came from Bacon Reader, and I feel similarly. The only feature I’m dying for is the ability to collapse threads by clicking on them.
