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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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[–] marco@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@lynny@lemmy.world can you fix the archive link, please? The one you shared tries to take a new snapshot :)

https://web.archive.org/web/20230611224026/https://old.reddit.com/r/help/comments/135tly1/helpdid_reddit_just_destroy_mobile_browser_access/jim40zg/

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[–] HungryRoo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Run your website into the ground speedrun Any%

[–] Silver_neurotic@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Bet they are working on a new mobile app that they will charge for.

[–] smokinjoe@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I know that twitter pulled a lot of the same bullshit but I have to give them and their developers credit: they created a great app that ensured people could move away from their preferred 3rd party app pretty easily.

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[–] ultraHQ@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Note: you will most likely still be able to view from mobile browser via teddit even after the api cutoff date

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[–] xylene@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think your link is wrong (that's the one that causes Archive.org to try a new capture). I got it working with this:

https://web.archive.org/web/20230613091704/https://old.reddit.com/r/help/comments/135tly1/helpdid_reddit_just_destroy_mobile_browser_access/jim40zg/

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[–] Luminance6716@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago

Whelp it was a good run with Reddit. But their app is trash and now experimenting blocking browser access is bullshit. That may be the final straw that convinced me to delete my account.

[–] bitrate@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I will say though that the mobile site has sucked for a long time. Lol

[–] Wrathofcon@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Are they legally allowed to just do that? Just shadow ban certain users temporarily for an 'experiment'?

If so... Why is that legally allowed??

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[–] SteveDinn@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Never understood this on Reddit either... What's the difference between "Top" and "Hot"?

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[–] RedMarsRepublic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The default site literally doesn't work on mobile anyway so it's not like it makes much difference.

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[–] Silviecat44@vlemmy.net 3 points 1 year ago

This is getting rediculous

[–] StrawberryCake@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Holy cow, how is reddit even making itself worse minute by minute...

[–] Sean_Thomas@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

As if it wasn’t bad enough to ask if I want to use the default mobile app every time I go to a Reddit page on mobile. 😕

[–] monobot@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Looks like Reddit wants to become more like TikTok.

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