Anyone else get this? Anything with a video attached comes in with a redgifs watermark, no video controls, and no sound. It just started doing it this week.

I have the latest 1.15.11->1.1.7 Sideloadly on iPhone 16 pro iOS 18.2 beta

To reproduce, click any media link with a video icon

Can’t find wwe survivor series. Anybody know what channel

Or rather the only indication is the little “3” or whatever when you’re in your feed. But once you tap to open the media viewer, there’s no indication that you can swipe to view more. Meaning if you miss that little number indicator before tapping the post, multiple images display exactly the same as single image posts.

This seems like a pretty glaring UX oversight but I can’t remember if it was always like this. Unless I have some setting turned off that might solve this but I didn’t see anything.

Hey Apollo community 👋 Like many of you, losing Apollo hit me hard. Christian's dedication to crafting the perfect Reddit app really inspired me - especially since I'd been coding for years but never built anything of my own.

After Apollo shut down, I found myself back on the Reddit website feeling... overwhelmed. The constant flood of political posts (especially with election season ramping up) was really affecting my mental health. I missed the control Apollo gave us over our Reddit experience.

So I thought "what would Christian do?" and decided to build something to help. I learned Swift from scratch (after 7 years of backend dev work) and created Protego for Reddit - a tiny but powerful Safari extension that lets you filter out posts you don't want to see.

Think of it as a shield charm for your mental health 🪄

Protego for Reddit

Download link on the App Store

It's not trying to be Apollo (nothing could be), but it does one thing well: it lets you browse Reddit without the anxiety. You can filter out keywords (with wildcard support), hide the annoying "Open in App" banner, and sync your settings across iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

Protego for Reddit is a Safari extension for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro

I'm still learning and adding features, but I wanted to share it with the community that inspired me to start building in the first place. Currently running a small Black Friday discount if anyone wants to try it out.

Christian, if you're reading this - thank you for showing us that one developer really can make a difference. I learned so much just by watching how you engaged with the community and built Apollo with such care.

Would love to hear what minor features you all miss most from Apollo. I've already got a few on my roadmap based on comments from other Apollo refugees!

Demo of post filtering

Does anyone know how to get shows to play in pip I’m on iPhone newest update for the app and my phone I get the audio to play but no video in the corner of my screen

Went through the process of converting my sideloaded Apollo to use sidestore (as opposed to sideloadly) today in hopes of not needing to be tethered to my computer once a week for refreshes anymore.

So far, so good! Apollo works. But when I went to install it, it asked if I wanted to install the extensions and I (possibly stupidly) said yes.

Turns out it put on SIX extensions, for a total of nine App IDs (counting Apollo itself and the two that SideStore itself used).

This means I don't have any App IDs left to install anything else (I'd hoped to get an improved YouTube thing). Bummer.

Is there any way to remove these? I realize I have to just wait for the AppIDs to expire, but I don't want them to refresh, how can I get rid of them from inside the Apollo app so they won't refresh?

Also, is there a description of these extensions anywhere? For the record, the ones it put on are:

• Apollo ApolloIntentions
• Apollo Apollofari
• Apollo AthenaWidget
• Apollo NotificationContentExtension
• Apollo NotificationServiceExtension
• Apollo Open in Apollo (pretty sure I don't use this one, I don't use Safari)

Do I need to uninstall Apollo and then reinstall it, being picky about the extensions next time? Or?

Any advice appreciated.

ETA: When fussing with looking at my installed apps, I (again possibly stupidly) clicked "Refresh All." The two apps I had were of course SideStore itself, and Apollo. It had to refresh itself, so the SideStore aborted, reinstalled (I saw the little pie wipe animation). Apollo still works fine, but now... I can't open SideStore at all, it just crashes immediately when trying to launch. Have I screwed stuff up? Is there any way to fix without uninstalling/resinstalling SideStore? It was rather a pain in the ass to install, so hoping to not need that. But wondering if my Apollo won't refresh in a week, now, unless I deal with the SideStore crashing problem.

Again, any advice appreciated (I posted over in the SideStore sub too, about the last bit).

After updating both iOS and OSX, I get an error trying to load Apollo_1.15.11_ApolloPatcher_0.0.9.ipa. Sideloadly recommends reinstalling sideloadly:

https://postimg.cc/jWbRsM84

Since my last install, I have moved away from Chrome to Firefox. Upon redownloading the sideloadly dmg, Firefox warns me it contains a virus.

Anyone run into this?

Posts don't load and putting in a brand new key didn't work

ITS WORKING NOW

This is happening for both Apollo tweak by Blackburn and X by BandarHL.

I only side load these two.

Previously, I thought this was an issue with my device or software. But, I just removed these two apps and turned off the dev options under privacy, and my device is running fine with no unusual battery drain.

Back in the day the download button worked. Then a Reddit downloader Siri shortcut worked until it stopped and then there was a cobalt download shortcut which has stopped working.

Is there a current shortcut to be able to download media or share to other apps?

Currently I have to copy the url, open safari, cobalt tools website, paste url, open download folder and search for it.

Is there an easier way?

Thanks

Sideloadly keeps failing on my phone because I forget to connect my PC to wi-fi every few days, so is there a way I can keep it installed without wi-fi?

Is anybody else having problems?

We all miss Apollo But if you don’t want to use the Reddit app, then check out Acorn (check their subreddit for installation (iOS only)). This is an advice, not an ad.

The project is in beta, but the developer is very active, adding features every week

The method I used to sideload Apollo was via appdb.to but the problem was that I had to install their MDM profile to do so and I just started a new job that requires their own Mobile Device Management profile if I want to use my phone for anything work related.

My understanding is that any device can only have one MDM profile installed at a time, so I basically have to choose between my favorite iOS of all time or being able to do things like manage my email, schedule and chat from my phone, which is an awful choice to have to make.

Is there a way to sideload Apollo without installing a mobile device management profile so I can have my cake and eat it too?

On MacOS and iOS 18.1, can anyone get jitterbugpair to exec?
I'm following the instructions on https://sidestore.io/ , but it's not working.

The app is still in development, and I would really appreciate any feedback or suggestions from the community. Feel free to comment on anything from feature requests to code improvements!

The app lets you

https://reddit.com/link/1gkz2re/video/cws2qxlceazd1/player

Key Features:

• Browse images from multiple subreddits in a customizable feed
• Organize subreddits by categories (Photography, Nature, Art, etc.)
• Full-screen image viewing with zoom and gesture controls
• Dark/Light mode support
• Vote on posts (requires Reddit login)
• Save favorite subreddits
• Search for subreddits
• Safe search filtering
• Sort posts by Hot, New, Top, Rising, and Best
• View user and subreddit profiles

EDIT: Updating the progress of the app r/SnooView

In light of all the politics posts and the inability to filter them out, it’s really making it apparent how bad reddit is. This might be my push to try sideloading….

Keep your politics to yourself America FFS!

Ad-free reddit client, no log in but you can add favorite subreddits.

That is all (:

Reddit’s app is a confusing mess of ads and navigation that leaves me in the wrong sub or post.

Reddit should pay the developer to bring it back and make it inline with their business requirements without any API fees. Just make it require a premium subscription or something.

Finally managed to side load it. Holy crap the official Reddit app is crap. Kills me battery and just basically sh**

Took me longer that I would have liked to installed but it’s like a breathe of fresh air.

I updated my iPad this afternoon to 18.1 and now side loaded Apollo doesn’t work. I’ve tried to update it, delete it, etc etc and nothing seems to work. Put in my Reddit api key but when I try to log in the button doesn’t work. Works fine on my m1 air on beta 18.1 so just seeing if anyone else has the same issue or other things for me to try. I’m using sideloadley and 1.15.11

Thanks

Please whatever it takes to get the app back

feels good to be back guys! i havent used reddit since apollo was shuttered!! highly recommend this post for instructions on how to do it! i used the offshoot sideloader instead of the main altstore. happy redditing!