He didn’t have to do it, no-one except reddit claimed that, because the suits running reddit don’t use the site
Christian decided to start dropping receipts before discontinuing the app
That app is closed-source? No wonder I never heard of it. Why do folks subject themselves to closed-source software when there’s open-source software available?
Open source apps are rare on iOS. But this is not even the app, it’s the backend server. There is literally only one instance. It’s as closed source as most websites.
In particular, you need to register with Apple for a developer license to even side-load apps onto the phone. So the only way an open source app can exist on the iPhone is if every end user pays Apple $99 dollars (Has this gone up? It has been >10 years since I even touched iOS dev).
I am a developer, but I don’t need to review the code of Apollo as I am a user if this software too. And in my opinion it is a very good app much better than Reddit oficial app in functionalities and performance. I hope Christian migrates the app to be compatible with Lemmy 🤞
Fuck Reddit
Ultimately fuck capitalism, its capitalisms market forces that drive this behaviour.
you can’t blame every personal comportement to capitalism. it’s to easy.
edit: so you’ll downvote instead of argue. no wonder why blaming is your way to go.
But this thing with the Reddit API is, uh, directly related to capitalism? This isn’t grasping at straws, it’s literally capitalists doing a capitalism.
Like, they’re going “give us a bunch of money, or we’re going to restrict your access to this, because it’s our private property”. At it’s core, that… That’s what capitalism is.
undefined> But this thing with the Reddit API is, uh, directly related to capitalism?
No, it’s directly related to management making a terrible and short-sighted decision. Capitalism is a concept, it’s not a person taking action based on a decision. Maybe that decision is, in turn, based on capitalistic ideas, but then the policy isn’t directly related to capitalism and is instead an indirect consequence.
Here, its born of bad problem solving, terrible communication, and inept strategy. Not an intrinsic problem with capitalism.
@Veritas what is Apollo?
The most popular third party reddit app for iOS (Apple) devices.
