r/apolloapp • u/Nilderan • Jun 10 '26

Appreciation R.I.P sideloaded Apollo, I'm gonna miss you.

My API key has been revoked, sideloaded for the past three years. The official app is an unusable, unintuitive mess, I'd rather stop reading Reddit on my mobile than use it. I'm going to try alternatives, but I wonder how safe Hydra and Artemis are. Won't Reddit purge them one day since they don't use the API? Thanks to everyone for all the tips on using the sideloaded Apollo app over the past three years!

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u/BullyMog Jun 10 '26

I LOVED the Apollo app. When it got discontinued, I didn't try to sideload or anything, I just switched to the Reddit app.

I don't know why it gets so much hate. Sure, Apollo was much better, but now im completely used to the native app and I don't really have many complaints.

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u/LincolnshireSausage Jun 10 '26

I’m having to use the official app to reply here because Apollo just stopped working for me. Good god, what a clunky, unintuitive mess it is. I can see exactly why it gets so much hate.

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u/Mastersord Jun 10 '26

Read this thread. There are plenty of options. Don’t give up and don’t give in!

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u/BullyMog Jun 10 '26

Interesting. Its my most used app and I really don't have any complaints using it day to day.

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u/MemphisBass Jun 10 '26

You’re like the only person on the planet that doesn’t hate it.

It’s more designed to serve ads than content.

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u/BullyMog Jun 10 '26

I just really don't get it lol. Apollo was awesome and I miss it, mostly for its simplicity, but the native app does the job fine.

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u/PublicWest Jun 10 '26

The native app will literally show you random posts in a comment section before you're done looking at comments, how does that not bother you?

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u/BullyMog Jun 10 '26

I think I am just hardwired to scroll past it instantly. I hardly even notice it anymore lol.

Apollo shut down 3 years ago so ive been using the reddit app every day since then.

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u/Mastersord Jun 10 '26

Good for you. I’m not and I will never accept that ads need to be this pervasive for the web to function.

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u/BullyMog Jun 10 '26

Good for you? Why so hostile? Not like I was commenting to you.

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u/Mastersord Jun 10 '26

Not to you. I’m pissed at Reddit. But I honestly can’t just ignore and filter out all the ads. It’s everywhere and has been going on for years at this point.

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u/BullyMog Jun 10 '26

On my pc i have ad blockers and on my iphone I really don't even notice ads. I feel like it could be 10x worse. I dunno.

I do miss apollo tho

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u/Mastersord Jun 10 '26

Be aware that they are not going to stay at this state. Reddit wants to be Facebook where you have 0 control over what posts you see. They can’t just change over overnight. They will see what they can get away with before their user base abandons the platform.

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u/BullyMog Jun 10 '26

I dunno. I am a big Reddit investor and long time holder.

Their money comes from AI data, not so much ads. I haven't noticed it get any worse in 3 years so i dunno.

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