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Reddit experimenting with blocking mobile browsers (old.reddit.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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As quoted from the linked post.

It looks like you’re part of one of our experiments. The logged-in mobile web experience is currently unavailable for a portion of users. To access the site you can log on via desktop, the mobile apps, or wait for the experiment to conclude.

This is separate from the API issue. The are actually going to BLOCK you from even viewing reddit on your phone without using the official app.

Archive.org link in case the post is removed.

https://web.archive.org/save/https%3A%2F%2Fold.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fhelp%2Fcomments%2F135tly1%2Fhelpdid_reddit_just_destroy_mobile_browser_access%2Fjim40zg%2F

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (5 children)

And what about people who don’t want to install an app for a variety of reasons?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

especially the horrid Reddit app

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lemmy?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Lots of rotten social platforms do this. If you're browsing on mobile, they'll dumb down the experience or intentionally make the design painful, in order to bully you into using the app.

It's gross, and as a software engineer, I find it an appalling practice that is anti-user.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Well, fuck them I guess

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just make a Reddit account and access it from a computer, duh. At least that's what Spez thinks will happen.