Apollo App for Reddit

On July 1, 2023 the Apollo App for Reddit was offically defunct as the developer, Christian Selig, revoked the API key which connected the app to Reddit

The following links display statements and actions by Christian Selig

• Christian Selig thanking a user for sharing instruction for users of the defunct Apollo App may decline their refund for services not delivered
• Christian Selig selling t-shirts commemorating his now defunct app
• Christian Selig selling 'Apollo wallpapers to support [him]'
• Christian Selig revoking the API for the now defunct Apollo App
• Christian Selig apparently accusing Reddit of interfering with the Apollo App prior to him 'pulling the plug'
• Archived page of Christian Selig asking users to consider declining a refund and sharing his PayPal
• Archived page of Christan Selig announcing his intent to close the App on June 30, 2023
• Christian Selig announcing an update that allows users to decline a refund
• The actual screenshot from the tweet shared by Christian Selig showing the in-app ability to decline their refund
• There has been some failures in communication to Apollo users from Christian. Here is a user asking for clarification on why they were NOT notified that their subscription was RAISED by Christian. [1], [2], [3]

Thoughts:

• Christian Selig identified that 'refunds come out of pocket' and the amount he would need to repay would be 'about $250K'
• As Christian shared, the API shift was a surprise. So - we'll assume that $250k/mo is an average month for Apollo. That would mean, generally, Christian saw about $3 million dollars a year in revenue.
• Could it be, perhaps, that Christian Selig made a huge fuss over Apollo as it would be a significant reduciton in his quality of life? Was he, generally, accustomed to Apollo being a profit center that would yeild an incredibly profitable monthly income?
• Christian Selig stated that he would 'happily sell' Apollo to Reddit for the price of $10 million dollars.
• There has been some inconsistencies with Apollo which Apollo users have vocalized and his claims have also been challenged for being inconsistent.
• Interestingly enough, Christian has relented that he understands that the use of an API comes with cost. Imgur having a lower cost API was of no problem. Only that the site which he derived HIS profit from made Apollo untennable.
• The '$250k in refunds' Christian would have to repay has been made clear to users of his app and the public that "returning" that money would be, on some level, burdensome. Christian made a post asking users whether consider buying digital wallpapers to help him offset the cost of returning the app store fees.