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258 points speckx | 1 comments | 11 Jul 25 12:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.213s | source
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rglullis ◴[11 Jul 25 16:53 UTC] No.44534389[source]▶
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agloe_dreams ◴[11 Jul 25 20:11 UTC] No.44536373[source]▶
It was a joke...also the Author is a bit of a software legend - he is the dev behind Apollo for Reddit, the app that reddit killed that caused the whole revolt. A one man show that made an app so much better than a multi-billion dollar company that people literally would prefer to quit the site than switch.
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bigyabai ◴[11 Jul 25 20:20 UTC] No.44536437[source]▶
"Software legend" might be stretching it. His app was popular, and when Reddit pulled the plug there was discontent, but nothing was really ever resolved. It's more of a software parable against being overly reliant on a single centralized company that can kick your revenue out from underneath you at the drop of a hat. *glares at Tim Cook*

They say you either learn history or are doomed to repeat it.

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1. hu3 ◴[11 Jul 25 21:13 UTC] No.44536837[source]▶
Yeah, with due respect, calling a popular app developer a "software legend" is a disservice to the likes of Fabrice Bellard (FFmpeg, QEMU, QuickJS).