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Christian Selig (@christianselig@mastodon.social): "Really Important Apollo Update...." (indieweb.social)
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"I just released a really important Apollo update that adds the ability for users with remaining subscription time left to decline an automatic refund. Devs pay refunds out of pocket, and this will be about $250K, so I thank you for your consideration. ❤️ Also, this update includes an amazing "Goodbye Apollo Wallpaper Set” for your phone, tablet, or desktop, created by outrageously talented Apollo icon designers. You can unlock the pack with a donation that helps with refund costs. 🙂"

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[–] MisterMoo@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Infuriating that this is going ahead. Apollo was Reddit. For me, Reddit no longer exists.

[–] z3n0x@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Amen.

[–] Juanma@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lifetime Ultra user here, I hope most people opt out. Such a shitty situation, hope reddit suffers the consequences.

[–] detwaft@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

They won’t in the short term.

In the long run they’ll hopefully go the way of myspace/digg.

It takes a long time for a juggernaut to die. They can circle the drain for years

[–] Eggyhead@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just went through and unsubbed 90% of my subs. Now when I go on reddit to check something, it’s just too boring to stick around for long.

I wonder if Christian will implement an account nuking or overwrite feature or something in his last update.

[–] endlessvoid@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

There’s Redacted for that though, works great. I would do it before they change API pricing in a day or two

[–] Jcb2016@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

WTF! I payed for pro and ultra and i deleted my account already lol

[–] Teal@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

You’re all good! I’m also an Ultra + Pro user and there’s no refund needed. Apple treats that kind of transaction as a one time payment. It’s only those who subscribe for a set amount of time (month or year) that are offered refunds.

[–] Bonehead@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

That just means you've donated your refund to a good cause.

[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Didn't realize a refund would be a reverse payment, although that makes sense after thinking about it. Not as big of a problem to face if a developer is given more than 30 days to shut things down. Can he seek financial damage for Huffman's rash and illogical decision? Probably not, but not a lawyer.

[–] DarthYodaX@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago

I ditched Reddit because of this… Apollo for Lemmy would be so great!

[–] batterysoup@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Edit: Here you https://shreddit.com/

Does anyone know a reliable way to nuke your reddit account without manually going through and deleting everything?

[–] kryostar@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I used PowerDeleteSuite which I've been told is a more privacy focused alternative and I found it really simple to use. Took a few minutes to nuke the account data. If you are replacing your comments it takes quite a bit longer though.

Also, anyone who wants to use this tools should probably do it before this months ends. These tools rely on the API to work.