“He said that if Apollo was costing Reddit $20 million per year, Reddit should cut him a check to put an end to the app.”
Christian Selig recorded the call where Reddit accused him of a threat, and the Reddit rep apologized on it. Steve Huffman still repeated the accusation in his AMA and complained about the recording. Apollo dies June 30, along with Sync, RIF and ReddPlanet, and ReddPlanet’s developer calls Reddit’s claim of outreach “a blatant lie.” When the only defence is that the victim kept receipts, the CEO has already lost the argument.