I didn’t even realize how long I’d been using Apollo until all this stuff happened. It’s been the only way I’ve used Reddit for five years. Not having access to it anymore really hurts. Christian did such a phenomenal job of making Apollo feel incredibly intuitive and customizable without feeling overly cluttered. I’m really going to miss spending my time lurking over there.
Damn, me too. It sounds so cheesy but it was really integral to me in keeping up with news, etc, etc, etc. I hate that Reddit did all that.
It’s kind of wild how much of an impact a single app can have on us. But it makes sense. Apollo was so amazing because of how thoughtful Christian was about growing and expanding features. And because he was so responsive to what we wanted and asked for. I can’t think of another app I use where the developer interacts with the community of users to the extent Christian did. Which makes how Reddit and spez treated the situation a million times more disrespectful.
I don’t think it’s cheesy at all. At the end of the day, Reddit was a community of internet weirdos that I enjoyed being a part of and having to let that go after all this time is painful. But I’m excited to be a part of lemmy and to watch it grow as a community.
Same here, and then I found Memmy for Lemmy and it’s like I just moved to another state that’s just like home
I so dearly miss having multiple columns on the browsing page, so I can feel less like a Facebook user. Connect has been treating me well though and feels very familiar.
They bought it first and then killed it so that they could present their own BS “official” app.
The 4 years of reddit gold for free was pretty nice. Didn't ever motivate me to spend a dime on gold myself after it expired, but it made reddit slightly more bearable.
I went Alien Blue > Antenna > Narwhal. I think the latter 2 were similar to the original AB. Apollo just felt too cluttered and “extra” to me. I just wanted a minimalist app.
Tried Narwal lately while I ween myself off of Reddit, but I’m not a huge fan. It’s little things, like you can see captions on posts, but it’s got too many little annoyances
Yeah it's been many years but I remember trying the official reddit app and it simply didnt work. I installed rif and it was perfect. I used rif for many years. Countless hours just scrolling my carefully curated subs.
So sad. When I launched it and it gave me an error that day the api changes kicked in, it felt like a friend just died.
Snif.
I think the fediverse might just be ok tho. These networks taking off right now are thanks to spez. Lol.
i used to use it but then it had a glitch or something and everybody had the app crash a lot so i switched to RiF
Sync on android and Apollo on iOS, both were sublime in their own way.
Currently using Memmy on iOS for lemmy, but I have about a dozen other apps installed since I’ve been trying all of them
I think that memmy is showing a lot of progress, but I’ve been getting better search results from mlem, so I’m using both right now. I think a couple more might be out for iOS right now (just grabbed liftoff).
I’m another one of those Alien Blue -> Apollo -> gtfo users. I never would have even signed up for reddit if it wasn’t for third party apps because their UI was terrible in every iteration and implementation, and I was a regular user for over ten years.
I used the official app, but i decided to quit because of all the API debacle.
So now i use Jerboa for Lemmy.
Yeah, same here. Th API changes had 0 effect on me, but corporate money grabs that involve restricted access and screwing the community is a big no no for me.
I used the web browser and really loved Reddit, but the way they screwed everyone over was too much to put up with. So glad I found out about Lemmy before I left!
And the same for me as well. I used the official app, and had no issues with it personally. I lurked for the most part but chimed in on subs about some of my favorite shows and questions regarding programming.
Once the shitshow hit the fan, I was already planning my exit from Instagram (hardest one, lots of IRL friends over the years), and had joined mastodon. I actually signed up for lemmy and mastodon about a year prior to the migration, but at the time it was pretty dead. Now, while not as lovely as their corporate counterparts, each has a vibrant enough community that I'm not missing either.
Really looking forward to the Lemmy version. Jerboa has a pretty similar UI but it just doesn't have the same polish.
It doesn't get enough credit, but it was the best client in my opinion. Hope he'll make a Lemmy version.
Once joey went down, i instantly joined lemmy but I also still used reddit. I'm using nara for reddit but no where near as much as I used joey. Nothing is as good imo.
I also hope there's a joey for lemmy, still figuring out my way around here tho
Bacon Reader. I was a premoun user and I'd happily support them again should they make a Lemmy client.