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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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[-] CrimsonOnoscopy@beehaw.org 22 points 1 year ago

They are trying to force users into their app is what they were thinking.

[-] Monthly_Vent@beehaw.org 17 points 1 year ago

Yeah I know. Just the worst execution I've seen. The protest is literally on the news, supposed to send the message to others of how horrifically bad their app is. So they really couldn't pick a worse time to run this experiment. Even from a business standpoint - completely void of ethics - they screwed up. I feel like they have no clue what they're doing and they know it, but run with it anyways cause ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[-] CrimsonOnoscopy@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

We'll have to see whether the average user pays attention to any of this, or not.

Either way, pushing away the hardcore crowd will hurt them long term.

[-] Monthly_Vent@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I wouldn't say user, since there's a good chunk of people who rely on reddit for the answers of their google search questions. But yeah, you have a point.

[-] CrimsonOnoscopy@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

Google is pretty useless now. I do the same really, search reddit, and duckduckgo.

[-] TauZero@mander.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

¯_(ツ)_/¯

You, uh... dropped a backslash there. Here's an extra one for you: \

[-] kimjongfunk@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago

Jokes on them. Their app is unusable so even if I wanted to switch, I couldn’t do it. It’s so bloated and the layout and formatting make it impossible for me to read with my vision problems.