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

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[–] pogbally@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Blocked reddit.com on my router today. Sigh....looks like the end.

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[–] biff@lemmy.ca 7 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.

[–] 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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[–] 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.

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

Man, they're really trying their hardest to get rid of me.

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

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

[–] Chiara@feddit.it 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh wow, they're really digging themselves deep into that shithole

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[–] ilikedatsyuk@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Unbelievable. Hopefully this drives more users to the fediverse.

[–] ArcticCircleSystem@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

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

[–] sphere_au@reddthat.com 6 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.

[–] iuseit@iusearchlinux.fyi 6 points 1 year ago

Reddit is officially on a bankruptcy speedrun.

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