The dev, @hariette, also has a Mastodon profile where she posts updates https://tech.lgbt/@hariette. There is also a link to the apps discord server in her bio.
As a longtime Apollo user, I would love to know when this hits Test Flight!
Same, I’d love to beta test.
Go to her mastodon. You can request to be a beta tester.
Just signed up - thanks for the tip!
Unlike Apollo, will this be Free Software though?
Apollo did have a free tier and then a few paid tiers.
iirc, (I bought it many years ago), they had a one time Pro purchase that removed any ads and unlocked theming and such, and then the Ultimate which was a subscription to cover server costs of push notifications (although it did eventually end up having more features locked behind it).
While I personally did not go for the Ultimate subscription (didn’t really need the push notifications), I gladly paid for the Pro as it was well worth it IMO.
I think they meant Free as in Open Source
It’s not exactly the same. The Free Software movement is about user freedom. Open Source is a term used by corporations to avoid mentioning that users should have rights.
Libre, not gratis
Yes, I meant freedom and not price: https://youtu.be/Ag1AKIl_2GM
We want to be able to make sure the app doesn’t do anything malicious (like spy on us) and be able to change it to fit out needs. Like we can with Lemmy.
Any chance the Android build will make it to F-Droid?
I also want it in the F-Droid repos.
@hariette thanks!
The more options the better. I’m excited to try the Android version.
That looks great! iOS and Android? Can’t wait to try ut!
Yep, iOS and Android! Also, all this work has been done in less than a week. It’s crazy.
You just made my night! Thank you!!
This looks super promising! I love the inspiration from Apollo being a user for many, many years. Looking forward to a testflight/release :)
Great job all involved! So happy to see people trying to make usability apps/features! The color indicators for chat are great!
So far all of the dev work has been done by Hariette herself. Full credit to her, I’m just promoting it because it really looks quite great in my opinion.
Every app that ever gets created for this will be called an Apollo “Clone” or “copy” and twenty years from now people will ask, “what was so special about Apollo”?
You just had to be there I guess.
I’ll be speaking this way about Relay on android.
I think I downloaded Relay in 2014 or 2015 when I was needing good mobile mod tools and it was the winner for me. Love that app!
I love Relay, and will very much miss it
RIF user since the beginning. I hope to see them work on something for kbin Lemmy but I’m still excited about an Apollo clone.
The Apollo dev isn’t considering making his app compatible with lemmy or kbin?
I think he might just be burnt out and stressed right now. Being accused of making threats, being lied about publicly, and having something you worked really hard on have to shut down because the people lying about you wouldn’t be reasonable has all got to take a toll.
Awesome! I am looking forward to it, and I love that it’s made for both major platforms :-)
I’m in the majority, but I don’t even care if an app gets made (obviously I support it though). I used Apollo on Reddit, because Reddit’s mobile design was complete shit. However, Kbin and Lemmy actually look great in a mobile browser, so I really have no need for a separate app.
I agree the Web browser is very similar, but IMO a dedicated app is going to be a much quicker and smoother experience.
On iOS, the Lemmy web experience is temperamental at best and unnavigable at worst. Although you can put bookmark/icon on an iOS home page, there is no navigation option so that once you’ve linked into a thread there’s no way to get back to where you were. Even in a (safari-underpinned) browser the website seems to be very finnicky with back and forth navigation into and out of content. To be fair, this is an iOS problem, not a Lemmy/kbin problem, but it still increases friction for the mobile user.
Can we help the project?
Artemis is a great name for the app by the way.
The sister of Apollo :). Except I hope this one will be Free Software?
Money = good things cost money to make
I hope the developer offers a way to pay to help out (like RiF having “golden platinum”)
Yeah, it looks great, but this is such a nice touch.
Oh shit I’m in the screenshot!!
Im a Lemmy dude but this app looks awesome. Good job
It’s taking shape, exciting times!
Neat. I’m in that discord and very exited
