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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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[–] Tractor7691@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Bretzel@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

What a dirty move, fuck u/spez, i will not download your shitty client

[–] moose_cannon@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I literally just had an instance of opening a nsfw reddit link from a Google search and it informed me that I could only see nsfw posts in the app...

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

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

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

This is terrible! I cannot believe that within the span of few months, reddit has not only shot itself in the foot but now effectively is trying to drown.

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

Is it better to overwrite comments and then delete them, or is just overwriting with whatever message I want to leave then deleting account accomplish same goal of making comments useless.

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[–] nattekrant@feddit.nl 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you want to lurk Reddit without being tracked, please use Teddit.net, they won't complain about using a mobile browser.

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[–] sphere_au@reddthat.com 7 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.

[–] Osnapitsjoey@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago

Lmfao looks like they're making it easier for the fediverse to have a chance

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