Re:Apollo will close down on June 30th
by mynameisvlad on Friday June 09, 2023 @12:08AM
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> But it’s bad from a negotiation perspective to let that out
It’s pretty clear that there’s no negotiating left, so I’m not sure what relevance this has anymore. A few days ago? Yeah maybe.
If the CEO is maliciously accusing you of threatening them, then there’s nothing left to negotiate. The relationship is beyond broken.
> Also bad from a business perspective. It likely would cost way less than 10m to build a competitor, functionality wise.
He has already made it clear he’s not interested in building a competitor (the quote is literally right there in the comment you replied to), so, once again, what’s your point?
It’s plainly evident that Christian is done, and I don’t blame him.
The RIF and Sync devs are too, and I’m sure all the other apps will soon announce shutdowns at the end of the month too.
Also bad from a business perspective. It likely would cost way less than 10m to build a competitor, functionality wise.
Reddit from 2017 or so is open source!