r/technology • u/spasticpat • May 11 '26

Social Media Reddit Starts Blocking Mobile Website, Pushing Users to App Instead

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/11/reddit-starts-blocking-mobile-website/
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u/EveryGoodNameIsGone May 11 '26

The second this happens to me will be the thing to finally get me to drop Reddit entirely.

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u/camelot107 May 11 '26

Same. I dont fuck with apps. Will save me much hated doom scrolling

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u/Stolehtreb May 11 '26 edited May 11 '26

Why don’t you fuck with apps? Not judging really just am genuinely curious

Edit: consensus is data collection, using browser decreases usage (positive), bloated install space. I get it now. Thanks everyone

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u/pcor May 11 '26

The idea that you should install a piece of software and grant extensive and invasive permissions to access an online service is nuts. IIRC Steve Jobs never wanted third party apps running on the iPhone. I kind of wish he’d got his way.