The death of Apollo is literally why I’m starting to look at online spaces other than Reddit as my go-to
Same. Apollo = Reddit for me. Take Apollo out and I have no way to access Reddit (that I’d want to use).
Christian is such a class act. He doesn’t take things personal; he doesn’t get angry or play their game. He just shares his truth in a calm, objective, but confident manner. I would love for him to become more prominent outside of Reddit drama because I’m sure that anything he works on will become successful and mutually beneficial to all parties involved. If I managed a large tech organization, I’d be calling to recruit him. Certainly, other tech corporations are following this and wondering how they can get him to come work for them.
Christian did an interview a week ago with Snazzy Labs, worth a watch!
I know he wants a break. But I would love to see Apollo for Lemmy
On the android side, jabroa is kinda clunky. Hoping some other people step up to the plate.
Jabroa isn’t fully fleshed out yet either, but it does at least have a more complete feature set at the momeent. It’s mostly usable for day to day Lemmy browsing. Mlem isn’t there yet. Sounds like the dev is making great strides, so hopefully soon.
I’m excited to see how fast both develop. The difference between Jerboa today and a couple days ago is pretty amazing. Things are moving quickly
mlem is planning a stable iOS release by 6/30, and using Apollo for inspiration. You won’t need to wait long.
This pleases me. It has so much potential but right now, compared to Apollo, it feels like taking a step back to the Stone Age.
My understanding is the version I’m beta testing now is actually pretty far from where they already are. Might be an update to the beta later this week.
I just want to say that I agree with this, but it’s not an indictment of the dev(s)! I understand that they’ve had way less time/resources to work on this when compared with Apollo, and I’m sure Mlem will become an app I love over time
Me too, but I think the Reddit and Lemmy APIs are sufficiently different that he would effectively have to rebuild most of the app. I have high hopes for https://github.com/buresdv/Mlem, I’m in the TestFlight, but it’s too incomplete to actually use currently. Still, I’ll miss Apollo itself far more than Reddit.
Yeah, I’m using Mlem for now. It’s pretty crashy right now and feature incomplete but hope to see it get better
I really like Mlem so far. It’s a lot more stable and put-together than I would have expected for such an early dev version. I also have high hopes for the app.
With that said, Apollo was the app I used the most on my phone and it was probably one of the best-designed apps out there. I will really miss it come the end of this month.
I was thinking of getting a shiny new iPhone but then I realized, what would I even do on it without Apollo? I hope Mlem continues to improve and the momentum of Lemmy stays strong.
Godspeed Christian. Personally, I am very much looking forward to the impact you will have on the fediverse. There’s not many whom I would trust more with it.
