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Some Redditors say they're walking away after Apollo app shuts down

www.businessinsider.com Some Redditors say they're walking away after Apollo app shuts down

Apollo founder Christian Selig said he's "heartbroken" about pulling the plug on the third-party app following Reddit's API pricing changes.

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2y ago

Some Redditors say they're walking away after Apollo app shuts down

www.businessinsider.com /reddit-users-say-walking-away-after-apollo-shutdown-2023-7

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Man, the astroturfing for wefwef around here is insane. I keep seeing it get brought up even in completely unrelated threads!
- Apollo had a huge loyal customer base.
  Wefwef provides an almost perfectly cloned UI and is a mere WebApp.
  For this reason a lot of users are so impressed with it that they are evangelising it.
  The big problem with it that it requires users to submit their login credentials, which is a bit of a security issue.
  
  Unfortunately all apps are suffering that issue because Lemmy doesn't support OAuth2. It's one of the many things on the dev backlog, but hopefully it won't be too long.
  
  Can you say more about the security issues?Asking for a technology dummy friend.
  
  You need to supply the app with your username and password. The app could theoretically steal your credentials when you enter them in order to login. It’s a good reason to not reuse passwords.
  
  Also enable 2fa on your Lemmy account
  
  Oof, I didn’t give this thought when I signed in. I luckily didn’t reuse my password here but that’s a great reminder, and good to know my exposure…
- After enrolling in TestFlight, I’ve tried mlem and Liftoff (which is what I’m replying to you on now). Wefwef is good but I’m hoping to use an actual app long term.
  Neither are quite Apollo and I’m really hoping Christian throws his hat back in the ring but they’re solid experiences so long as Lemmy itself doesn’t run into issues.
  
  Memmy on TestFlight is pretty solid
  
  There's memmy and mlem and a couple more. They all are available via testflight.
- I mean, maybe users are just excited about finding a place to land after the exodus, and an app that does feel very similar to Apollo.
  I am using it based off seeing it mentioned a couple times and was very pleasantly surprised it’s similar to Apollo. Definitely makes the transition easier.

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