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

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by lynny@lemmy.world to c/technology@beehaw.org

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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. This will actually 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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[–] iuseit@iusearchlinux.fyi 5 points 1 year ago

Reddit is officially on a bankruptcy speedrun.

[–] sphere_au@reddthat.com 5 points 1 year ago

Tapping on a Reddit link from mobile has mostly been pretty similar to this already for me. They have had an issue with DDG mobile browser for ages, refused to show more than a page of content and kept prompting me to "get the app", which didn't seem to recognise my third-party Reddit app... So I just hit the back button. Just recently, oddly, I noticed it had started working, but I'm in the habit of ignoring Reddit links on mobile anyway now so almost never go there whether it works or not.

[–] a_statistician@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can't you just change the browser's ID string and make it look like it's not a mobile browser?

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[–] biff@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

It may be separate from the API issue, but the purpose is still the same: to monetize your eyeballs at the expense of everything else.

[–] Stoneblackdog@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

To be fair the mobile browser version was already shit.

[–] toastloop@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

This has been going on for at least a month. They're trying to force their app on people so they can serve them ads. Unfortunately it's just another reason not to return to that god-forsaken website. This all seems motivated to increase their IPO price by touting the number of users for their mobile app.

[–] buried_alive@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah I was planning on using brave if I ever needed to access reddit on my phone now... this is not good. I refuse to use their terrible app.

[–] Tractor7691@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago

Wow... just "Desktop Version" or if that doesn't work quit Reddit. The app is that awful.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

I stopped using Facebook on mobile and now I only go there occasionally on desktop to read and never post.

Reddit’s getting the same treatment.

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