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christianselig

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iOS developer, creator of Apollo and Pixel Pals. Previously at . he/him. i love animals. 🌱

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It's a real shame that Reddit seems to care this little about the community that rather than making an effort to talk to developers and moderators and apologize for how this was handled, they'd rather just wall themselves off and and dare users to keep going. https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/13/23759559/reddit-internal-memo-api-pricing-changes-steve-huffman

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No one is asking Reddit for the moon and the stars, just to listen to small changes.

Even Twitch, which made horrendous moves this month, recognized that the community is what gives their company any value at all, and responded in some capacity to make their users feel heard.

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As the subreddit blackout begins, I wanted to say thank you from the bottom of my heart to the Reddit community and everyone standing up ❤️ Let's hope Reddit listens. https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/147a8xb/as_the_subreddit_blackout_begins_i_wanted_to_say/

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Apollo will close down on June 30th. Reddit’s recent decisions and actions have unfortunately made it impossible for Apollo to continue. Thank you so, so much for all the support over the years. ❤️ https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/144f6xm/apollo_will_close_down_on_june_30th_reddits/

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I’ve had a lot of questions about Reddit’s planned AMA today and “What if they…”, so I added a section to the bottom of my post to answer that and thought I’d share it here too.

https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/144f6xm/apollo_will_close_down_on_june_30th_reddits/

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👀 Apollo with visionOS maybe?

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WAIT WHAT

gposcidonio, to random

@christianselig lovely meeting you today homie. Hope to see you again this week 💪🏻

christianselig,
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@gposcidonio You’re a delightful human being! Pleasure was all mine :D

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Touch down! Hello San Francisco!

(Been swamped and I’m a bit behind on messages, trying to get through everything! ❤️)

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@averyvine Likewise!

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@rileytestut Hope to see you too!

christianselig,
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@NeoNacho Ty ty

christianselig,
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@jblewitt Thank you :)

christianselig,
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@MuseumShuffle Thanks Chris, timing is a bit unfortunate indeed

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Terrific interview from @SnazzyLabs with Apollo dev @christianselig.

A horses mouth detailed talk about Reddit following in Twitter’s footsteps in charging unsustainable prices for API access, killing 3rd party apps.

😐💰

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ypwgu1BpaO0

christianselig,
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@davemark Thanks Dave :)

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Reddit had a no good, very bad week. Reversing on its 15-year support of 3rd party apps, new API pricing makes using anything other than the official app financially unviable. And with just 30-days before changes take effect, indie devs are on the hook for potentially millions of dollars of unexpected costs and/or App Store refunds. I talked with @christianselig about how it has affected Apollo, the best iOS Reddit client out there.

https://youtu.be/Ypwgu1BpaO0

christianselig,
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@snazzyq Thanks for having me on Quinn, made a somber day a lot nicer by meeting you

christianselig,
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@melis @curiousbadger @snazzyq Hey, sorry, I could have explained that part better. The 60 request limit is per user, not for the whole app at once. Otherwise as you mentioned the app would need a queue or something if more than 60 people tried to use the app at once.

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@localhost @snazzyq @ismh It’s the short period of time they’ve given developers (30 days) to transition to the new model before incurring costs that makes it even less viable than reasons due to the price

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@christianselig Just another Apollo ULTRA+PRO user here to bask in your glory. Had no idea you were here until I was going to post a screenshot of my settings for Reddit to show how much I supported you and your awesome app. Sorry this is happening and hoping that this gets resolved. Thanks for all your effort and a top shelf product. Whatever is next for you, I’m onboard.

Where’s that monkey paw!!???

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@BigDogBo Thanks friend :)

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@christianselig Just read FlyingLaserTurtle’s outlandish attack on Apollo’s “inefficiencies.” Have you had an opportunity to publicly voice your concerns with Reddit’s accusations? If not, let’s make a video.

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@snazzyq Let's do it. I responded briefly with my points here but happy to do it longer form. https://www.reddit.com/r/redditdev/comments/13wsiks/comment/jmnj9xc/

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“Dang I wish I could get my app on the cover of The Verge, Daring Fireball, MacRumors, 9to5Mac”

-monkey paw curls-

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Got off my call with Reddit just now about the API. Bad news unless I come up with 20 million dollars (not joking). Appreciate boosts. https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/13ws4w3/had_a_call_with_reddit_to_discuss_pricing_bad/

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@elijah Each API call costs the same, yeah

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@snazzyq Thanks man, might be time to take Margaret out of retirement and give her a megaphone instead of an inhaler

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Pray for me, today is Reddit API pricing announcement day!

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