Looks like Apollo is now dead boys and girls. Feels like having a loved one die

  • phario@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 years ago

    So at the moment my “workflow” is to completely stop accessing Reddit via mobile apps. I’ll still use Reddit via Google Searches because it remains important for finding key information.

    I’m content playing with Lemmy as my main mobile “app”.

        • LostRedditor@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          2 years ago

          Old.reddit would not show comments anymore. It will direct you to reddit.

          So I believe they might stop working at any moment.

      • SuspiciousUser@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        2 years ago

        On iOS I sideload Reddit+ with AltStore (no jailbreak needed). It gets rid of all the ads, promoted content and whatnot. Other than that, I also use Inoreader app with the RSS.

    • smort@feddit.nlEnglish
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      2 years ago

      There’s so much community knowledge on reddit, it’s kinda painful to see everyone deleting all their historical comments and posts.

      I get it, but still that’s information presumably lost forever.

      • phario@lemmy.caEnglish
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        2 years ago

        What is information archival on the Fediverse like? Is there any advantage to Reddit?

        Also if I understand last discussions, it’s not clear how well the Fediverse currently behaves with Google searches.

    • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I feel like Lemmy will only grow from here.

      So many old subs have popped up and become properly active.

  • peef ಠ_ಠ@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I was sleeping, I woke up, checked that my boy has been murdered, now I can’t sleep peacefully. It hurts.

  • goforliftoff@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Sad days, friends. Sad days, indeed.

    <Bone Thugs N’ Harmony singing Crossroads intensifies>

  • survivorseason44English
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    2 years ago

    Someone on Reddit said “years of muscle memory gone,” which hit me hard. Apollo was Reddit for me for years, so depressing watching this play out.

  • bagfatnick@kulupu.duckdns.orgEnglish
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    2 years ago

    When this saga began, I didn’t think I’d be struggling with such a sense of disconnect with the loss of an app of all things. However, I do feel that Christian’s eulogy for Apollo helped, a gentle reminder to “smile because it happened”. Here’s to moving on.

    • 70ms@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I’ll say here what I said there -

      “This is like seeing someone steal the motorhome you’ve had tons of adventures and experiences in, and roll it over the edge of the Grand Canyon as you watch helplessly. It’s not just the loss of your comfy, customized motorhome, it’s all of the feelings and memories that are attached to it.”