Looks like theres a final surprise in the form of a song in Apollo now that it’s closed.

Can anyone identify the artist?

EDIT: someone managed to find it. From Christian’s YouTube page:

A fun parody of Sarah McLachlan’s I Will Remember You performed by the incredible Zoe Wynns

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    Crazy to see my lemmy account at <1m old when my Reddit one is 15yrs 11mo…kinda bummed I’m all but resigned to moving on just short of my sweet 16.

    Hope to see these federated services take off!

    RIP Apollo

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      No worries brosef. You’re early-adopting yet again. Give it time, and you’ll be one of the legacy guys once again.

      • 10-year Reddit user
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        I never thought about that… I’ll be proud to show off my account age in a few years

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        Yeah, 13 year veteran here. It’s actually kinda refreshing to have a fresh start. My dumbass high school self shared way too much on Reddit and picked obvious usernames. By the time I wised up I was in too deep. Doing things differently this time in a level playing field.

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          Alright people, we are looking for a avocado toast enjoyer from a place were lewd things need to be censored….

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    Image Transcription: Image with Text:


    [The mascot icon for the app ‘Apollo for Reddit’, a small cartoon-style astronaut’s head, is shown smiling in from of a pink heart, with two smaller hearts floating above it. There is a white volume icon in the upper right corner and white text below the icon. The image has a black background.]

    Thank You

    Apollo shut down on June 30th due to reddit making drastic and sudden increases to API pricing for developers.

    It was an absolute honour to build Apollo for you all over the last 9 years, I loved every minute of it.

    If you’d like to continue to support me, there’s some options below!

    - Christian (u/iamthatis)


    ^I’m a human volunteer transcribing posts in a format compatible with screen readers, for blind and visually impaired users!^

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      Hey, I would like to help with this, but I want to make sure I do it right and do not repeat any already existing transcripts. It gives me something productive to do on my phone that is hopefully better for my mental health and helps my fellow humans.

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        I usually scroll through the comments looking for the word “transcription”, and if I don’t see it, I go ahead. Should get easier for me once they implement search in comments on liftoff, which is hopefully soon. As for formats, you can find the formatting on the r/TranscribersOfReddit sub, and you can ask the discord if you have any questions. I’m on there too, and the mods may seem scary at first but trust me they’re really kind and just happy that you’re there trying to help. It’s volunteer work, after all.

        The only big rule is if you aren’t doing it through ToR using the proper reddit queue (which is no longer active due to the bot shutting down from the API limits), then you need to change or remove the footer, and dont link to the ToR subreddit.

        It’s an amazing community and honestly some of my recent transcriptions have been me trying to fight off my own depression by doing this. So you aren’t alone in those reasons, and it can be really nice to see just how much it helps people. Daunting at first, but once you get the hang of it, it’s super easy.

        If you want to get started, but aren’t sure if you’re doing it right, feel free to ping me in a reply to your transcription on here and I can read it over and give you some pointers if needed. Best of luck!

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    The amount of times I’ve opened the app due to muscle memory and seeing that screen…. Rip Apollo and fuck spez. I hope he steps on the pointiest of lego bricks.

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      Wefwef is not bad for a web app that you can add to your Home Screen. Mlem is basically inspired by Apollo, seems easy to use. It’s in TestFlight so you’ll have to download that and then grab the link to the beta.

      There is another one called memmy, but I can’t find a working TestFlight link for that one as it requires a code to download.

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        I’ve noticed a lot of multiple posts with wefwef users. I’m using it too, and all the muscle memory from Apollo carries over nicely. It’s quite nice.

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          Yeah most everything I have used: wefwef, Mlem, web browser on my computer, lots of double posting.

          Think it’s just growing pains from all of us coming from Reddit.

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      That’s one of the main reasons I found an app for Lenny rather than using the web, I needed something to put in the hole Apollo left behind.

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    I’m sure Christian is taking some time off to lick his wounds and regroup, and I truly hope he’s able to move forward. If he makes a Lemmy app, I’ll definitely jump on it.

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      If you’re not already try wefwef. I keep forgetting it’s not actually Apollo I’m using.

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    I’ll miss Christian’s community engagement. It was always so nice to see an engineer who loved his product. Hopefully we’ll see him on the dark side;)

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      not that i’m disagreeing with you, but what made the app stand out compared to the others? i never used apollo and used other apps

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        On the surface Apollo just had a lot of small QOL stuff that I highly valued: multiple sub support at a time, excellent filter options, embedded link preview (saved me from getting RickRolled and allowed me to enjoy getting RickRolled even more), and many more.

        Then there was all the small Easter egg stuff hidden in the app like tapping certain options multiple times to unlock secret icons for the app in the customization tab, or the link embed option showing websites of charities as default until you filled the text boxes.

        Apollo looked very sleek, ran wonderfully, and cut out all the nonsense with Reddit. I used the official app once or twice a month for certain things and the experience was pretty miserable in my opinion and for what I value.

        More than anything the dev; Christian, was just really active in the community, open with his development, and listened to the users. Was Apollo all roses and daises? Of course not, but I’m able to overlook things for how great an experience it gave me.

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        I used Apollo for about 3 years and I’ve stuck with it for iOS mostly for its clean UI design that mimics Apple’s design cues. It’s also pretty smooth to scroll through with the gestures making navigation easy. For reference, I’ve only tried Apollo on iOS and didn’t bother with the official app before.

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    I’d love to see Apollo rise from the ashes but I get how Christian must be feeling about the whole thing right now. Still, its legacy will live on. Standards have been set and I’m sure a lot of devs have taken inspiration from that.

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      Honestly, he should make Apollo for Lemmy. Take all of that design work he’s already done and funnel it into a project that will literally never die.

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        It does seem like a no brainer. Who knows, after the dust has settled and the stress of this whole shitty episode has faded, I’d love to see it happen.

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    Apollo was such a lovely experience. I still hope that Christian will rise up and produce something for iOS. I still keep looking for it’s icon on my iPad Pro’s dock!

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    It’s been fun, Apollo will be missed. I hope Christian will have a go at a fediverse app in the future.

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    I’m sad that Apollo is gone, but Memmy for Lemmy fills the hole left in my Home Screen just fine. The app has already progressed so far, it’s licensed under the GPL, and it has made my transition from Reddit to Lemmy flawless.

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    Question. Who owns these lemmy sites? I understand it’s decentralized. Can someone breakdown exactly what that means? Who, if anyone, owns these sites/servers, how it all works?

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      Anyone can make their own server. Then those server talk to each other to share the posts, comments and votes. You are on lemmy.ee, I’m on lemmy.one, different owner, slightly different rules, but we see the same stuff

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              Could be a multitude of reasons. Some people just really enjoy sysadmin work, some maybe want to play around with the software. Places like Beehaw have a goal of creating what they consider to be an open and welcoming community. Some even have nefarious reasons for hosting (luckily we have defederation).

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              I just think it’s neat lmao

              It’s not very expensive yet as I have under 100 users, if it gets more expensive I’ll ask for donations. If that doesn’t cover it, I’ll just stop letting new people register

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        Normally they can talk to each other and share posts/comments. That’s the so call federated. Unless, it’s beehaw and world. Those two aren’t talking. So beehaw is not federated.

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      Can be anyone. You download the software and put it on a server. Can be bare metal in your bedroom or a VM on Amazon Web Services. Individual/enthusiast owned, corporate owned, it’s open to anyone to host an instance.