[delfinom]

> He could literally build an alternate Reddit back end

He says he has no desire to do so as he wants to develop products, not manage a product.

https://old.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/144f6xm/apollo_w...

>I've received so many messages of kind people offering to work with me to build a competitor to Reddit, and while I'm very flattered, that's not something I'm interested in doing. I'm a product guy, I like building fun apps for people to use, and I'm just not personally interested in something more managerial.

>These last several months have also been incredibly exhausting and mentally draining, I don't have it in me to engage in something so enormous.

Not everyone wants to throw away their soul for money ;)