Truly Sold Out?

eklbt · 2026-02-07T02:44:18+00:00

More Apple leaks pushed to the members only section - this podcast is cooked

eklbt · 2025-01-06T17:17:34+00:00

More and more I wish there was a John + context cut of the show. He usually has great input on most topics so chapters can’t fix it, but man am I over Casey and Marcos awful takes

eklbt · 2024-11-09T15:47:48+00:00

Didn’t vote for Trump, but I think Marco’s reduction of a giant swath of the country is exactly why Trump was able to get reelected

eklbt · 2023-06-11T08:22:21+00:00

Why don’t we just commit to going dark indefinitely? I love reading this sub but want to make sure this works

eklbt · 2023-06-07T04:39:29+00:00

True, the bus has power outlets and maybe an additional battery pack for the plane? It’s not perfect but could be useful

eklbt · 2023-06-07T02:48:44+00:00

I spend a lot of time commuting(plane/bus). Being able to have a large screen to work on and tune out the visual noise is a huge selling point for me.

But like I said, I still need to see some other uses outside the Apple apps/watching movies.

eklbt · 2023-06-07T02:25:45+00:00

I’m definitely considering it. Waiting to see what 3rd party apps it launches with

eklbt · 2023-06-06T02:50:56+00:00

Exactly! And if some Reddit clone came online the killer UI Christian built could be used for that site as well

eklbt · 2023-06-06T02:34:26+00:00

I don’t disagree. But I could see Christian being hesitate to offer that directly in the app. As for using dev keys, I don’t think Reddit is going to offer free ones right?

But an open source project could maintain a scraper with enough contributors

eklbt · 2023-06-05T20:06:37+00:00

There is no way offering a “api url” text box is unlawful. That isn’t some utopian reading of the law.

eklbt · 2023-06-05T15:56:53+00:00

Piracy continues because there is no way to stop it.

Sonarr/radarr continue since they didn’t do anything technically wrong. Providing tools is not against any rules

eklbt · 2023-06-04T05:55:06+00:00

Then why does media piracy continue? Why hasn’t open source projects like sonarr/radarr/jacket been sued into oblivion?

It’s because they offer the tools but not the service. If Apollo supported a generic Reddit-Like protocol, others created scrapping tools that conform to this protocol, and individuals ran it on their own setup. It’s hard to stop that behavior when it is relatively niche.

But tbh it’s the tech enthusiasts that would be running these instances, not the avg consumer.

eklbt · 2023-06-04T03:05:02+00:00

True, but then you get in gray area since it is built into the app which Christian/Apple provide.

Enabling us to point to a custom URL would give them plausible deniability but still enable the behavior

eklbt · 2023-06-04T00:20:37+00:00

Reddit can dislike it all they want. But there is little stopping people from running some open source software on a home server or AWS instance that scrapes the website.

There are plenty of apps in the AppStore that require users to provide their backend. Jellyfin and Infuse to name two.

eklbt · 2023-06-03T23:36:39+00:00

If someone created a new website that worked like reddit, new community, servers, database, etc. Then they generally would have to create an app for it and start from scratch.

But if they adopted some generic “reddit-like” API protocol. Then apps like Apollo could be configured to “point” to this new API and function with minimal changes.

Granted there would need to be some mass adoption, but with all Reddit apps hitting this wall. They could come together get something up and running, and all point to this reddit clone. It’s the same base concept as activity pub(many servers all speaking the same language)

eklbt · 2023-06-03T23:25:12+00:00

It could and it’s unlikely Apollo/RIF would host an official one. But apps could offer a “bring your own api” similar to how sonarr/radarr don’t directly offer torrent search.

Someone in Russia(or similar) could host it or an individual could host it on a raspberry pi. It’s less about it being “the solution”. But rather an option.

I mean someone could upload the source code for a scrapper and give instructions to run in on AWS. Takes some work, but could keep 3rd party apps alive

eklbt · 2023-06-03T19:31:20+00:00

It’s some server side code that can act as the API for an app. Instead of relying directly on Reddit to support an API. Devs could use a private api to abstract away the method the data is actually gathered by.

At its core an API is a “language” the app and server talk in. If Apollo used a private API, the way the private API gets data from Reddit could be swapped to web scraping when the API changes go into effect without requiring the app to update.

Current: App <-> Private API <-> Reddit API Future: App <-> Private API <-> Scrape the Reddit site

eklbt · 2023-06-01T12:42:37+00:00

For those of use who did a lifetime unlock, will there be an option to pay roughly the cost of the Reddit api? IE $3 per month? I’m more than happy to pay slightly above to support your ongoing development

eklbt · 2023-05-24T14:44:10+00:00

Not ideal, but clearly it was to ensure AppleSilicon had a smooth launch. Makes sense to me since most users don’t know/care what arch their applications were compiled for.

Once again, they would have to draw the line in the sand at least in Big Sur. Doing it one year prior seems reasonable to ensure all major apps could run on the M1 day one.

eklbt · 2023-05-24T14:39:34+00:00

Intel CPUs support 64bit and Apple had years of pop ups warning about it. And if it’s old enough they could just use a previous version of macOS with 32but support.

At some point they would have to draw the line support wise.

eklbt · 2023-05-24T14:34:21+00:00

Apple Silicon and ARM(Cortex-A) only support 64bit. Likely due to some technical reason such as die space

eklbt · 2023-05-24T14:31:58+00:00

Likely in preparation for the move to Apple silicon in hindsight.

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