[eterm]

Politically reddit have played a blinder.

They've succeeded in killing their main competitor (in terms of ad share) and could even now walk back the api charges for any smaller operators and leave Apollo dead and avoid the biggest backlash.

It's scummy as hell and I won't want to continue to contributing to reddit, but I can't help but feel they've been shrewd in getting what they wanted.

[aeyes]

Why would that leave Apollo dead? If they set the API charges back to zero all third party clients, including Apollo, would be happy to continue.

[eterm]

I said they could walk back the charges for smaller operators, e.g. by having generous API limits that most third parties wouldn't hit.

[Kiro]

How do you know? I would definitely not come back after getting screwed like this.

[galleywest200]

He makes money from Apollo. Unless he has another job lined up, or a sizeable savings, he would probably enjoy his income staying as it is.

[dvngnt_]

he does well https://www.macrumors.com/2022/09/16/apollo-pixel-pal-dynami...

[pjc50]

Does Apollo have any ad share?

[eterm]

It doesn't show adverts that otherwise would be shown on the official reddit app.

Sync is similar. I have a one-time purchase for "ad free" Sync. That stops me seeing adverts I would see in the official app for a fraction of the cost of reddit premium.

[londons_explore]

It has a reasonable chunk of the most active users.

Sure, it doesn't have ads in today, but it could, so there is opportunity cost.

[Kiro]

What's a reasonable chunk? I had never heard of Apollo before this and I visit reddit every day.