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Apollo, Reddit's top third-party app, is;shutting down;due to new Application Programming Interface (API) fees imposed by the platform.
;Developer Christian Selig;confirmed;that Apollo for Reddit will cease to exist by the end of this month.
In April, Reddit announced it would;charge companies;to use its API while keeping it free for developers creating user-assisting apps, bots, and non-commercial academic research.
- To avoid charges, Selig said he will delete Apollo's API token on the evening of June 30, PST.
- Selig revealed that the API cost per user exceeds the premium plan price paid by users of his freemium app.
- To operate the app, he estimates he would have to pay over $20M a year.
- Apollo has;900,000 active daily users, while mobile app analytics firm Data.ai estimates global downloads of Apollo for Reddit at 5 million.
As a result of the shutdown, some Reddit users said they will;no longer use;the platform.
- Some Reddit communities, including r/gaming and r/todayilearned, plan to block posts or;go dark;on June 12 to protest the API charges.
- Reddit declined to comment in reports but said CEO Steve Huffman will host an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Friday covering the API updates.
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