To each their own, but I find this decision really misguided.

It’s her money, not mine, so whatever, but l do not expect her to turn a profit in, rather the opposite.

In my view, the cross section of “IfR” users and people willing to subscribe monthly is rather small (especially if the money mostly goes to reddit - assuming I could afford it, I, for instance, would rather fund an open system like Lemmy).

And if Apollo’s dev Christian Selig decided that it wasn’t worth it with an already established paying user base, who already has a strong culture of subscriptions and exaggerated pricings, and one of the highest volume of users, at what probably was the peak usage of the platform; I don’t see how a small app like IfR can survive.

That, or Christian made a pretty expensive mistake…

  • Boz (he/him)
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    21 year ago

    Dang, that’s rough. Infinity should look good on her resume, at least.

    • gun/linux
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      01 year ago

      Infinity is an awesome app. I’m suprised that she only thinks shes good enough for an intern/entry level software developer job

      • Boz (he/him)
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        11 year ago

        Agreed. I have never used Infinity myself, but I think anyone who can not only develop a functional app, but maintain that app over an extended period deserves better than an internship. But it’s an awkward position, and companies like to claim they won’t even interview you for a one-finger-typing job unless you have ten years of experience and an engineering degree. And from what I see in the news, tech companies are doing more layoffs than hiring right now.