Reddit is experimenting with disabling access from mobile web browsers
reddit.com/r/help/comments/135tly1/comment/ji...Posted Jun 6, 2023, 4:41 PM UTC
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I've been getting that on my mobile web experience fairly regularly, especially at night time.
At this point I'm tempted to make my own reddit replacement, and while I have the tech skills, I'm completely aware of what a futile effort it would be.
It's been amazing to watch this happen in real time. I thought the old internet was dead, but it turns out reddit was the last one for me.
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Well there's some interesting alternatives like Lemmy and Kbin, and some more.
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So they already anticipated how we would circumvent the official app, and prepared for blocking that alternative as well. Sounds pretty sinister to me.
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It doesn't exactly take a rocket scientist.
- There were roughly four different ways to access Reddit on mobile.
- They took out one (compact mobile web).
- They are preparing to take out another (third-party apps).
- They are experimenting with taking out the third (regular mobile web).
- So that everybody will be forced onto the fourth (official Reddit app).
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So that everybody will be forced onto the fourth (official to quit Reddit app) permanently.
Fixed that for you
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So instead of checking new stuff every few hours, I'll just wait until I'm back home where I can use my laptop. I guess Reddit has finally noticed that I'm spending way too much time here and it's time for me to cut down a bit. Thanks Reddit!
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Tbh I would love it if that happened. I spend way too much time on reddit anyway.
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Even I didn't think their villain arc was going to be so steep
Holy crap, I didn't expect to see an admin blatantly admit that this was intentional. Wow.