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.
this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2023
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This... is dumb. Reddit gets traffic from people using it as a secondary search engine to get relevant answers.
Most people on the Internet view it from mobile. Reddit already makes their mobile experience genuinely awful despite this. Blocking it entirely?
The herding to their mobile app is so transparent (and DEFINITELY through stick, not carrot) I'm morbidly curious to see what horrible things they planning to put in their app that they know users will loathe, that requires their alternatives to be zero.
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Wow. Do they even understand how this looks????
I know that twitter pulled a lot of the same bullshit but I have to give them and their developers credit: they created a great app that ensured people could move away from their preferred 3rd party app pretty easily.
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Why am I not surprised?
Holy cow, how is reddit even making itself worse minute by minute...
Wait so it just directs you to the app now? they just got tired of updating the mobile website?
Well thats concerning. Hope the revenue they get from API access and forcing ads will offset the communities they are pushing away. Im about to delete my reddit account over this. Lets hope lemmy can gain traction.
That’s pretty crazy. Now I’m wondering how easy it is to change a user agent on iOS with either Firefox or Safari.
This is something I wish would stay on Reddit. The hate trains that spawned there should stay there. However writing this I see hate train spewing “fuck spez” and I realize this is a lost cause.
Note: you will most likely still be able to view from mobile browser via teddit even after the api cutoff date
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I am not aware of Reddit experimenting with blocking mobile browsers. However, it's important to note that information and developments can change over time.
To get the most accurate and up-to-date information about Reddit's policies or any potential changes related to blocking mobile browsers, I recommend checking official Reddit announcements, news articles, or Reddit community discussions that might provide insights into any recent developments. Additionally, you can visit Reddit's official website or their support pages for any official statements regarding this matter.
Just deleted the reddit app. Looks like that's gonna turn out to be a great decision as they continually make it worse.
Wow. I usually only used Reddit for one community, and so I’d usually just log in through my mobile browser. It also makes a lot of the information that’s harder to find through the sea of ads on Google less accessible.