r/getnarwhal • u/reverendbeast • May 31 '23

Reddit have quoted the Apollo devs a ridiculous fee to access the API. Third party apps are doomed 🥲

/r/apolloapp/comments/13ws4w3/had_a_call_with_reddit_to_discuss_pricing_bad/
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u/det0ur narwhal dev 🍻 May 31 '23

I had the same call today with the same pricing. Unfortunately, it looks like narwhal will be dead in 30 days because it would cost me 1-2 million a year which I obviously do not have

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u/bvsveera Jun 01 '23

Thanks for everything. Narwhal has been one of my most favourite apps of all time. Your app has accompanied so many bus rides over so many years. It’s been a wonderful way to access Reddit on the go. I’ve also been on the TestFlight builds for as long as I can remember.

As an amateur iOS dev myself, I just wanted to say that I appreciate all of the hard work that went into developing Narwhal alongside everything else you do in life. I hate to see independent software being trashed by corporations like this, but what can we do. Reddit’s software is actually garbage. I don’t want to subject myself to whatever ads and privacy intrusions the official app has. And if they deprecate old.reddit, idk what I’ll do - the new design is horribly memory- and power-intensive and very space inefficient - I’ll probably end up using Reddit less.

If this is indeed the end, thanks again. I’ll miss seeing that little dude wherever I pull to refresh.