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.

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.

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.

Yes, Reddit is all just user content, so I do not feel too bad for them, however it is true that Reddit’s free service in the form of their API made Christian potentially millions. However I do feel like there was a better compromise rather than what ended up happening.

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.

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.