Apollo - A beautiful app built for power and speed.

Might as well shoot the question here. Thought I'd ask since I ordered it, and I am a little worried with UK customs. The order form said there was nothing in import tax, so I presume customs will keep it until then?

(FWIW, I've ordered internationally before but tax has been handled just fine there. This is the first time I've come across this.)

Edit 2024-02-23: The plush arrived quite a while ago (early Feb) with no issues regarding customs. Honestly a really good quality plush for the price.

There are currently several applications available for iOS to access Lemmy instances. Each of which has its own benefits and drawbacks. I love Voyager (or wefwef as I still like to call it), but even the installed app is I believe just a repackaged PWA. So I’ve been looking at alternatives that vary from PWA to native Swift implementations. The list I’ve checked out so far are.

• Avelon
• Bean
• Mlem
• Memmy
• Voyager / vger.app

I know Lemma is forthcoming, also.

I’m wondering what others current preferences are including values like price, license, governance, and features.

It feels to me like the days before Apollo arose where there were many great Reddit apps, but none that stood head and shoulders above the rest. Does anybody feel there is an app shining to that degree yet as Apollo did once it hit the scene?

Are you building an app for InsertRedditCompetitor? I am not.

There are other reddit “competitors” out there, but Lemmy/Kbin is the main one, so I wonder why he didn’t name drop it. It’s odd that he chooses to not pursue this or atleast make it easier for the community, considering he is very active on Mastodon. Perhaps he doesn’t see monetary value in creating Apollo for Lemmy since he already made millions off of Apollo and currently with Pixel Pals

https://old.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/182v1it/_/kam3jaf/?context=1 Christian’s thoughts on open-sourcing Apollo (Not happening). Would’ve made it a whole lot easier to port Apollo to Lemmy, but we have many great alternatives now, so not a huge issue. Still, would’ve been useful for a lot of developers to see how he implemented some features.

Christian has decided to squeeze Apollo again for more money, besides the wallpapers and asking people to decline their prorated refund. Christian additionally forced a pop up ad advertising this plushie.

This is just exposing to more people the greediness that Christian has tapped into recently. Recall that previously, Christian forced daily pop up ads to paid pro users to get them to subscribe to ultra, which was originally stated to only be for notifications since it required a server, but now had all new features attached to it, even very simple local features. Reddit did him dirty, but to be honest, he may have had it coming. He previously disabled ultra access to Jailbroken devices as well, even if they were valid paid users. Christian also didn’t provide refunds to lifetime users who bought it before all the API stuff. Speaking of that, does anyone remember how instead of stating the price was increasing (which happened all the time) he instead said it was “going on sale at the old price”? Kinda misleading.

Throwback to 2018-10-28 and the man, the myth, the devboss @christianselig developing the best social media app I've ever used (So good I even paid for the full Ultra version!). @apolloapp they did you dirty, your development journey was the best I was ever part of and I've yet to come accross an app as built with as much love 🎖️ #memories

I just released Pixel Pals 2! 🎉 With iOS 17 you now have a FULL virtual pets experience where you can add and battle friends, and play full games, like PixelQuest, 2048, and Eternal Stroll, all right on your literal home screen! (Plus fidget spinners, mech keyboards, and more!)

I’m still partial to !bean@lemmy.world. But !lemma@lemmy.world was just released publicly on TestFlight. It’s very Apollo-y.

Edit: fixed links

It was great to talk to @christianselig in the latest episode. We chatted about his PixelPals app and the demise of @apolloapp
He also talks about what could have been for the future of Apollo such as an iPad app, cloud syncing, and more...
https://brightdigit.com/episodes/160-revisiting-third-party-apis-with-christian-selig

It was great to have @christianselig on the show to give his story on his app @apolloapp How do you approach Third-Party APIs after the events of Reddit and Twitter?
https://brightdigit.com/episodes/160-revisiting-third-party-apis-with-christian-selig/

I was so happy to hear @christianselig talk about the inspiring story begin the rise of fall of his Reddit app @apolloapp
I highly recommend checking this episode out if you are an aspiring indie iOS developer
https://brightdigit.com/episodes/160-revisiting-third-party-apis-with-christian-selig

Glad to have @christianselig back on the show!
We chat about where he thinks Third-Party apis fit in after the shutdown of @apolloapp and what some things to think about before using one in your app.
https://brightdigit.com/episodes/160-revisiting-third-party-apis-with-christian-selig

This week I'm having @christianselig back on the show to give @apolloapp a Post-Mortem, rehash Third Party APIs, and talk about our favorite Pals.
Have any questions for Christian? Let us know.

still missing @apolloapp every dang day.

My single biggest #UI wish for #Ivory @ivory is to add an option to disable all the cell swipe actions and add a “swipe anywhere to go back” feature. (Similarly to Twitter, the Mastodon official client, Woolly, Mammoth, and many other apps).

It would greatly improve single-handed use (with a right hand, that is).

Alternatively, a swipe on Tab Bar to go back a la @apolloapp would be an improvement.

https://mastodon.social/@christianselig/110769564445084147

I recently started testing out Bean for Lemmy. Their community is over at !bean@lemmy.world. It’s not quite as feature rich as the others (it’s early in development), but the dev is updating it quickly and I find it to be visually stunning. It’s still on TestFlight, but it’s worth checking out or keeping on the radar!

.@apolloapp. Never forget. Never forgive (Reddit)

Apollo was updated on the AppStore today.

1.15.15 Adds an option to download all wallpapers rather than having to do it individually. Also adds an option to sign up to be notified for my Next Thing™!>>

I think it should just become a wallpaper app. But fully dedicated to apollo icons. Or future icons turned into wallpapers. It's sorta clear he doesnt want to at the moment do anything with the App that’s big work right now. But opening it up as a wallpaper app for creators to take Apollo icons or make their own icons into wallpapers would be amazing. It would keep the app running and a community would be sorta born again.