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Reddit experimenting with blocking mobile browsers (old.reddit.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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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[–] marco@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years 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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[–] a_statistician@programming.dev 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] uglytruck@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You could try and install Firefox mobile and a user-agent switcher extension.

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[–] Osnapitsjoey@lemmy.one 6 points 2 years ago

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

[–] buried_alive@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah I was planning on using brave if I ever needed to access reddit on my phone now... this is not good. I refuse to use their terrible app.

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[–] toastloop@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

This has been going on for at least a month. They're trying to force their app on people so they can serve them ads. Unfortunately it's just another reason not to return to that god-forsaken website. This all seems motivated to increase their IPO price by touting the number of users for their mobile app.

[–] StrawberryCake@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

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

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