This will be the last reply i make towards this topic, as I am kinda getting tired of it

1. Yes he did apologize, but he then did it again. And again. His apology was seen as disingenuous by the community. Especially since early on he was claiming it was a bug but then not fixing it for some reason. Apologizing doesn’t discount the fact that it kept happening. I’m not sure if he even disabled it after he apologized or not, my memory is not too good on that.

2. That was not my intention. I was stating that he used sales as a way to increase the price. He did this frequently with lifetime (originally only $20, became $50 by the end)

3. The problem was that his blacklist tweak list included more than just those piracy tweaks. He should’ve done more research before completely locking people out of their subscription. Not a big deal though, since apparently it was also easily bypassed.

Pop ups to paid users: https://old.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/z83qh4/im_an_early_supporter_and_paid_for_pro_ive_had https://old.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/12hcrdw/ultra_spamming etc

Disabling paid access to Jailbreak users: https://old.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/hpyybw/any_way_to_know_what_tweak_is_causing_this_i (it was originally meant to stop pirates but the tweak list included more than just piracy tweaks)

https://old.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/z75s9r/last_chance_for_black_fridaycyber_monday_sale_on Black Friday pop ups as well as locking new features to Ultra subscription (originally meant for things that require a server only)

https://old.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/z4l0v5/apollo_for_reddit_and_pixel_pals_black_friday increasing prices disguised as a sale

Checking r/ApolloApp can find many more examples of everything I have talked about.

I’m a long time Apollo users, so I took for granted that not everyone is aware or remembers these events

It’s not really that weird to see the plushie pop up, and then decide to view his recent posts / comments. Not sure how this post or the voyager post can be considered “attacks” either. I’ll provide some proof towards what I said in the other post in a bit.

I covered much more than just the lifetime refunds, but do you really believe that there was no way for Christian to refund people who bought lifetime before all the API stuff? Someone could’ve seen Christian reassuring that API is not an issue, buy lifetime, and basically get screwed over. The plushie is a last straw sort of deal. He wants to completely move on from Apollo, unless there’s a chance he can make some more money from it. Not sure how you call selling a plushie of your logo posthumously “reminiscing on good times” while already selling them on wallpapers and convincing them to decline their prorated refunds.

See here

Also this comment.

This was taken from the r/ApolloApp subreddit on Reddit, using a modified version of the Apollo app

You can modify the app to use your own API key

Voyager is built from the ground up as a web app, not even possible to directly lift code from Apollo

See here

Also this comment.

I don’t think he is planning on making a big deal out of it or anything, but he does clearly not really like it.

Can you share a link to his Apollo design specifications? I seem to have missed that

Design wise yes it is a one to one copy, but Voyager was built from the ground up as a web app, which is completely different to Apollo’s “native Apple app” philosophy. So while it may seem at first “changed very little,” it is actually very different. He also isn’t interested in making his own “Apollo for Lemmy” so I think it’s fair to pass the torch down.

Based on this https://reddthat.com/post/8711097 I don’t think he has any interest in Lemmy

I believe he does not like it

I’m not sure what Phantasy Star Online is, but yes it is because he is releasing merch for his defunct app months after the fact while also being radio silence towards the Apollo community. Christian says he wants to move on, but I guess that doesn’t apply to money making ventures.

I’m also more critical on this because of his previous more greedy behavior, which I outlined in my main post as well.

This “criteria” was my original intent all along. English is not my first language so maybe i was not so clear. And is it really so wrong to reply to people that come up in my inbox?

I can see why he wouldn’t like the fact that it’s basically a one to one copy

I would also like to add on that this pop up was shown to all sideloaded Apollo users as well.

It’s not inherently unethical to sell merch. It’s however apparent to me that this seems to be a cash grab. The app died months ago. This is further apparent to me when acknowledging the greediness Christian has shown before. It is unethical to try and use your already dead app to try and gain even more money by selling a low-effort plushie.

No “goalposts” were moved. I was perhaps not specific enough when I said app, which is why I clarified more.

There’s no reason to be passive aggressive about this. You make it sound like I dedicate my life to this, when all I did was make one post here, and outlined some of my concerns with some of the developers behavior.

That’s a game, not a (defunct) social media app

i only see this one

True

The “product” is an attempt to get people who feel sad to give him more money. What other app tries sells plushies of its logo?

It’s pretty good but feels slow and off in some parts

Yes

The iOS app version is just a fancier packed version of the PWA. Still has same problems, even though it is slightly faster now.

Voyager will never be as good as Apollo, due to the fact that it is a web app, and Apollo was a native iOS App coded in Swift. Don’t get me wrong, I use Voyager and like it, but this is the truth of the matter. It can get close, but it just can’t do what Apollo could.

Voyager is good but Apollo was the best

Goffy59 rules worst opinion, forced to leave Apple Enthusiast

I believe there is a way to block instances, I don’t know if it blocks comments but i believe it would block the posts

Not really

Imagine trying to be morally righteous on a Piracy community…. Piracy ≠ Stealing

It is Voyager now