I almost forgot Apollo… 🥹
this post was submitted on 02 Feb 2024
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Voyager is such a great replacement ☺️ but yea, was a very sad end for Apollo.
what happened to apollo?
Reddit killed third party apps like seven months ago.
oh i tought it updated for lemmy too, bummer
It’s not over, I’m still using Apollo sideloaded. It’s actually fantastic because no ads and tracking.
How does it work with the closed API?
It’s on GitHub and gets development still actually. You download the IPA file and Apple treats it as a developer app so it’s no problem.
You also have to get a Reddit and Imgur key and signup for a developer account on Reddit. Reddit allows developer accounts many more pull requests than user accounts so it’s able to run a 3rd party app.
Very nice to hear!
I’m currently reading your comment on Voyager, which is the Lemmy version of Apollo lol.
Idk, the lackluster support for gifs has kinda killed it for me. I’m finding Avelon to be a much closer replacement
Sent this from Voyager.
Ok I’ll give you that - being able to inline gifs is sick
What do you want to do with GIFs? Scrub them?
Honestly, it’s a couple things. First of all is just general compatibility. There are certain domains that don’t play at all (redgifs, for example). They just show up as links to click. Then, there are ones that are a little more transient, but still negatively affect the UX. An example is if you browse !videos@lemmy.world right now. The first post there (https://aussie.zone/post/6569161) won’t load for me in the feed, and will only load if I click into the post. Once it’s loaded, I can go back out and it’ll play in the feed - but no matter how many times I try or how long I wait, it won’t play in the original feed. Additionally, the play/pause, sound controls, and scrubbing controls are only available if I click into the post. They work, but it’s less convenient.
Here are examples of my experience in both apps:
Avelon (and I forgot to show you can scrub the gif directly in the feed)
Ahh I see, video support is definitely something I want to improve on Voyager! Thanks for the write-up!
Thanks for taking the feedback and continuing to work on this. Honestly, I thought you had given up on the app when you went on that fishing trip that just seemed to keep continuing 😆. Not knocking you - everyone deserves time to themselves. But glad to see this app is still something you’re working on!
Also curious what’s wrong with gifs on Voyager.
That's pretty quick.
Please help me understand the point of the Vision Pro? It’s not VR. And every app and screenshot I’m seeing looks like “let’s throw this window, that you could normally have on your desktop or TV in your field of view”. Are there any mechanisms to have it interact with your surrounding in an AR type manner? Or does it just overlay flat windows on top of what you’re seeing?
Afaik there are only a handful of actual AR stuff right now:
- Application windows stay anchored to your environment until you reset them. If you put them on top of your desk, it'll stay there even if you move to your kitchen.
- When you look at your mac, it'll sometimes pop a button to allow you to initiate virtual display to your mac.
- When you look down to your bluetooth keyboard, it'll show whatever you type in a floating box complete with suggestions.
Maybe there are more I'm not aware of.
There we go! That’s some stuff that I was missing. Thank you!
I want it for the virtual monitor aspect. Especially since I have adhd, I think this would possibly cut down on distractions.
Even that seems kinda half ass in this version. Like you think you'd be able to drag a window from your monitor outside the monitor. Instead, it just... Shows your monitor again.
I am not the target market for this device though. I'm not really sure who is, beyond the diehard apple people.
I do find it funny how quickly apple pr moves from the "when they do something they do it right" to "well this is first gen so we expect it has some flaws".
Oh you’re right. I don’t like that you can only have one virtual monitor. I mean it it 4k as large as you want but come on.
IMHO they don’t “do it right” the first time. They wait until the market is ripe enough, and then fill a hole that no one else has done, or at least correctly. And I don’t even think they’ve done that here, at least yet. But the hardware is very solid, the software needs help.
It’s AR and VR in whatever mix you want it to be. The little spinny dial at the top controls how much of the real world you see vs how much of a virtual environment you see. The bottom end is full AR, the top end is full VR.
Preparation for the future. If you want an actual VR device get an oculus
That’s it, I don’t. I want AR, but just throwing up a random flat window in my field of view without interacting with the environment is not AR. It’s just your monitor with a dynamic background.
This isn't even technically AR. It's all VR.
Mixed Reality is what this is called
“Spatial Computing” is what this is called. insert SpongeBob meme
I didn't even know YT clients were a thing yet (aside usual alternatives ofc 🏴☠️).
It's not* really a client. The app uses embeds for playback and the regular YouTube website (with css modifications ontop) for browsing.
I thought this was disallowed by the app store.
Not unless it benefits Apple? 🤷♂️
Christian always makes cool stuff happen! Great work buddy :)
Does it block ads? It doesn’t, I don’t think Google would like that, but if you have YouTube Premium you won’t see ads, just like the website. Honestly, YouTube Premium is like one of the most essential subscriptions for me, it’s so handy to never worry about ads and it’s pretty cool in that it also supports the creators substantially more than if you watched ads. So I dunno, if you can afford an expensive Apple Vision Pro, I’d really consider treating yourself to YouTube Premium!
O no,… they took him.
Oh grow up.
YouTube sucks balls, but people still want it and the dev, who made Apollo and is one of the best app makers out there, did what they could to make YT available quickly.
So now you’re shitting on him personally because he didn’t fulfill your crusade. Get a life or learn to program and get off your ass and do it yourself.
Jesus, people.
Please calm your tits and take a free trial.
Spaghetti monster, people.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.
It's not like he can make an ad free version of YouTube and release it on Vision, it would probably get instantly taken down.
Premium is pretty great, to be honest.
Yeah, I have it with ReVanced and it's pretty awesome
Google’s TOS forbids any apps that block ads. Enhancer for YouTube recently removed it as well (although it has to be on the Play store).
Get yourself a DNS blocker.
DNS ad blockers don’t work on YouTube :c
Looks cool. I think a couple of my friends could've like it.
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