> An app like Apollo - which is so important Apple is featuring front and center
Being featured by Apple doesn't pay the bills and Reddit obviously doesn't listen.
> won't attempt to add some caching, poll less for push notifications
The Apollo developer has repeatedly asked Reddit to offer a more efficient method of getting notifications that doesn't require polling. The app backend already uses caching and only a small fraction of the allowed request budget. Reddit doesn't care.
> and/or charge $5/month
$5/month are not enough, in case you didn't notice Reddit's new pricing is insane. Also according to the developer about 10% of users pay the monthly premium subscription. Make it mandatory and most users will be gone.
> At the minimum they could sell to someone else for many millions of dollars, and they'll do the things I described
Even if the things you described weren't already long implemented, they don't change the prices which are simply too high for third-party apps to survive.
Being featured by Apple doesn't pay the bills and Reddit obviously doesn't listen.
> won't attempt to add some caching, poll less for push notifications
The Apollo developer has repeatedly asked Reddit to offer a more efficient method of getting notifications that doesn't require polling. The app backend already uses caching and only a small fraction of the allowed request budget. Reddit doesn't care.
> and/or charge $5/month
$5/month are not enough, in case you didn't notice Reddit's new pricing is insane. Also according to the developer about 10% of users pay the monthly premium subscription. Make it mandatory and most users will be gone.
> At the minimum they could sell to someone else for many millions of dollars, and they'll do the things I described
Even if the things you described weren't already long implemented, they don't change the prices which are simply too high for third-party apps to survive.