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Re:Apollo will close down on June 30th
by thepasswordis on Thursday June 08, 2023 @08:34PM
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It was certainly telling when Apollo guy offered what seemed like a pretty lighthearted open in a potential negotiation, and reddit claimed this as "blackmail".
When I negotiate the price on a piece of real estate, I often will include things that I want the owner to fix before closing (this is very common). The implication is "fix this or I won't buy the property".
Is that "blackmail"? Apparently according to Spez it is.
Re:Apollo will close down on June 30th
by DangitBobby on Thursday June 08, 2023 @11:45PM
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It was the "go quiet" part, as in if they don't just buy him out he'll scream and cry to the public so they get really negative publicity on the API updates. To be clear, I don't think that's what he meant, but I think that's what the Reddit person thought was being said.
It was more about joking. Reddit claimed that Apollo made them lose money 20 million per year, so they had to add API prices.
Joke was to offer the app for half the price if the pricing was legitimate, and keep the users.
Re:Apollo will close down on June 30th
by DangitBobby on Friday June 09, 2023 @01:24PM
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Read the disclaimer, the full second sentence of my comment.
On one hand they claim they need to increase pricing to cover their costs, but on the other hand, if he offers (or threatens, according to Reddit) to remove all those costs, they consider it "blackmail" - meaning they're losing something if Apollo shuts down. So why can't they either buy the app or provide discounted API rates or some specialized payment schedule that derisks Apollo's costs instead of forcing a $50,000 bill on them in thirty days?