{"id":232999,"date":"2023-06-02T04:53:28","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T08:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=291898"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:02:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T02:02:28","slug":"reddit-demands-payment-20-million-dollars-a-year-popular-app-developer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/reddit-demands-payment-20-million-dollars-a-year-popular-app-developer\/","title":{"rendered":"20 million dollars a year? It&#039;s what Reddit is asking for"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When it comes to browsing through the thousands of threads on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/reddit-new-feature-find-comments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reddit<\/a><\/strong>, many users prefer using <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/apolloapp.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Apollo<\/a><\/strong> instead of the official app. Apollo is the creation of <strong>Christian Selig<\/strong>, a former <strong>Apple<\/strong> employee who aimed to provide <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/trending-social-apps-new-feed-reddit-inspired-tiktok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a better browsing experience for Reddit<\/a>, with <strong>additional features and a more user-friendly design<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Reddit\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/b31a7bd0-a4f9-11e6-8597-00163ec9f5fa\/2497561134\/reddit-the-official-app-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Reddit<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/reddit-the-official-app.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/reddit-the-official-app.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Apollo enjoys great success among Redditors, and prestigious technology websites like <strong>TechCrunch<\/strong> even claim in their reviews that it is &#8220;the only Reddit app you need.&#8221; But if, by any chance, you not only knew about it but also used it daily, we have bad news for you: <strong>the app may be on borrowed time<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month, we reported that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/reddit-wants-developers-to-pay-to-use-api-train-artificial-intelligences\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"Reddit modified its API terms and conditions\">Reddit modified its API terms and conditions<\/a><\/strong> to limit and even charge for its usage, which many functions, extensions, and even apps like Apollo rely on. Following these changes, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristianSelig\/status\/1663959847887306780\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reddit contacted Selig<\/a> to inform him that he will have to pay a whopping <strong>$20 million per year<\/strong> if he wants his app to continue functioning as it has been until now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed-Youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Apollo Reddit App Trailer\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MKbPZVDg-Z8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a business move very similar to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/loop-twitter-breaks-links-images\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Elon Musk<\/strong>&#8216;s approach with <strong>Twitter<\/strong>&#8216;s API<\/a> (which ultimately led to the end of thousands of accounts, websites, and useful apps), Reddit is demanding the developer to pay around <strong>$12,000 for every 50 million API requests<\/strong> made by his app. With <strong>7 billion requests made just last month<\/strong>, Selig would have to pay a total of $1.7 million per month or $20 million per year to keep Apollo alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I am deeply disappointed with this price,&#8221; Selig <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/apolloapp\/comments\/13ws4w3\/had_a_call_with_reddit_to_discuss_pricing_bad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">states<\/a>, finding the price set by Reddit for API usage unreasonable. &#8220;I hope it goes without saying that I don&#8217;t have that amount of money, nor would I even know how to charge it to a credit card.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Reddit\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/b31a7bd0-a4f9-11e6-8597-00163ec9f5fa\/2497561134\/reddit-the-official-app-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Reddit<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/reddit-the-official-app.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/reddit-the-official-app.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, it is unknown what will happen to Apollo. Selig hopes that Reddit will listen to the developers and that <strong>both parties can reach an agreement<\/strong> that benefits them. In the event that this does not happen, it is likely that Selig will <strong>end the app<\/strong>, much to the disappointment of its hundreds of users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Some of the links added in the article are part of affiliate campaigns and may represent benefits for Softonic.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The creator of Apollo, an app for browsing Reddit, will have to pay the company $20 million a year to keep the app running.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9256,"featured_media":233002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[4392],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-232999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionreddit-the-official-app"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9256"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232999"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":319942,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232999\/revisions\/319942"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232999"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=232999"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=232999"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=232999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}