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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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[–] maniajack@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is there a revanced reddit app?

[–] GroteStreet@aussie.zone 8 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Why, yes, actually.

You may have to search a little for 3rd-party prebuilts, if you're not comfortable doing the patching yourself.

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[–] brn123@lemmy.one 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

WE BROKE REDDIT?

YAYY

and fkkk spez

[–] Uguu@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

No, HE broke reddit.

[–] moose_cannon@sh.itjust.works 9 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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[–] deedasmi@lemmy.timdn.com 8 points 1 year ago

The experiment just being if you quit?

[–] 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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[–] prallax@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

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

[–] feetongrass@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This happening in the middle of the API gate seems like a pretty dumb move, even for Reddit.

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[–] Chiara@feddit.it 8 points 1 year ago

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

[–] GhostMagician@beehaw.org 8 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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[–] Tractor7691@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago

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

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

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

[–] venuswasaflytrap@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

Man, he's so professional. He gives answers that I'd expect a very experienced PR person to give, yet he's just a single-man operation developer.

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

Talk about mask off, lmao

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