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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. This will actually BLOCK you from even viewing reddit on your phone without using the official app.

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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] 2 points 1 year ago (2 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The app was slow as molasses and as userfriendly as ed the standard editor.

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

Don't get me wrong, it took a long time but ultimately got there.

The CEO not constantly acting like an entitled shitbag also helped.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I will only use Friefox with ublock origin to browse Twitter on my Android. I planned on doing the same with old.reddit come July 1st, but it sounds like reddit has other plans.