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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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[–] a_statistician@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can't you just change the browser's ID string and make it look like it's not a mobile browser?

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[–] james@lemmy.jamesj999.co.uk 5 points 1 year ago

I can honestly say since Twitter did this I’ve hardly ever used it

[–] Stoneblackdog@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be fair the mobile browser version was already shit.

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[–] RedMarsRepublic@lemmy.world 5 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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[–] marco@beehaw.org 5 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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[–] SteveDinn@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

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[–] bitrate@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

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

[–] StrawberryCake@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Luminance6716@lemmy.one 5 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.

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

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

[–] SickIcarus@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Good to know, but why would you want to at that point? Why would you want to fight a company and use work-arounds to try to use their product?

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