this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2023
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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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[–] Tempiz@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

Not surprised. They need to milk every last drop of revenue from their users free content for the upcoming IPO.

[–] prallax@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

As if there was somebody on the fence about what direction Reddit is taking. Glad I left

[–] deedasmi@lemmy.timdn.com 9 points 1 year ago

The experiment just being if you quit?

[–] happyhippo@feddit.it 9 points 1 year ago

I had planned to leave reddit by end of June already, and have uninstalled Infinity from my phone a couple of days ago.

But man, this piece of news makes me wish I could do even more to boycott the platform. They are nuts. Enjoy the failure 😉

[–] Blerenes@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 year ago
[–] Pee_on_tech@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The mobile browsing experience was a huge shitshow anyway. Randomly refreshing webpage, comments never posting or posting 5 times, expanding comments would work sometimes. They actively nuked it to make people use the reddit app. Fuck them

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[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 8 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.

[–] tiny_electron@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

This feels like a huge joke lmao

[–] ArcticCircleSystem@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

You mean the app that a significant portion of Reddit absolutely hates? Good lord. ~Strawberry

[–] ngoomie@pawb.social 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And they really don't stop comin, eh? Corporate social media sites in general keep shooting themselves in the foot lately lmao, I think we're about on track for a massive overhaul in how the internet looks sometime soon. Or, that's what I hope anyways :x

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[–] NicoCharrua@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Reminder that even though reddit tried to remove the compact site, it's still available through https://reddit.com/.i

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[–] adamantris@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago

lmao, this shitshow just keeps getting worse and worse. good thing im currently building by community sub list so eventually i never have to look back at that site

[–] StrawberryCake@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

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

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