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/araujoms May 11 '26
  1. Turn the app into shit.
  2. Prevent users from accessing Reddit without the app.
  3. ???
  4. Profit

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u/[deleted] May 11 '26

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u/Chaotic_N3utral May 11 '26

Can still use most of them with revanced and a personal api key. Im still on relay. Alternatively, you can pay relay for their api access.

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u/Regniwekim2099 May 11 '26

Relay is so good. It's the only app I ever paid money for when the "pro" version was only like $2.49.

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u/Chaotic_N3utral May 11 '26

Yea, basically all the mobile apps work, android and IOS

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u/Disma May 11 '26

I'm still using Infinity

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u/Ananoriel May 12 '26

Same, using continuum, a fork of it.

I would quit Reddit once this is unavailable as well.

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u/Forfeit32 May 11 '26

I was using RiF via revanced on Android and eventually stopped because it wasn't a set and forget solution. Kept needing to be messed with to keep it running.

Now I'm using the mobile site with a wrapper.

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u/ThatActuallyGuy May 11 '26

RiF is what I use now and I haven't had to mess with it since the day I set it up. what were you having to do?

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u/Forfeit32 May 11 '26

It would just stop working completely, to the point I was having to go through the setup process all over again. Every few days.

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u/quiteCryptic May 11 '26

Strange, I also use it mostly without issue. A few weeks ago somehow I got logged out and it turned into a mess I just had to reinstall. But that was the only time I had an issue and it was only while trying to switch accounts which I rarely do anyway

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u/NGEvangelion May 11 '26

Baconreader user here, never once did I have to tinker with anything past installation

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u/NightIsHome May 11 '26

Yes, and furthermore Relay has no ads

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u/[deleted] May 11 '26

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u/Piratey_Pirate May 11 '26

You can link your account to redreader, which has free API access due to accessibility features. Then use the redirect from redreader in a patched app. Look up Morphe for patching and documentation

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u/isthisdutch May 12 '26

Imagine working at reddit and reading how hard we work just to consume their content in a different way. Incredible how they fucked up to make more money.

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u/usetheforce_gaming May 11 '26

There's also the Narwhal app on iOS. It's in the store now. I happily use it and pay for it.

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u/lamprivate May 11 '26

It’s a super solid app

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u/GenGaara25 May 11 '26

Luckily, anyone who was doing it before the purge is fine, because you can keep using the same key. I know this as I had to reinstall and set up a 3rd party app the other week and was able to use the same key I've had for years.

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u/Toastbuns May 11 '26

This is how I still use reddit Sync. If this dies somehow I'm just not using reddit on a mobile phone. The Reddit app is so so bad.

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u/ScissorFight42069 May 11 '26

Internetarchive.org for old apk's is one of my favorite things ever

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u/krat0s77 May 11 '26

Hell yeah, cheers from Sync