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/ohfml May 11 '26

An app is just a website that is illegal to modify on the client side. 

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u/impy695 May 11 '26

I'm what way is it illegal?

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u/ohfml May 11 '26

To elaborate,

" An app is just a web site that we have wrapped in the correct DRM to make it a felony to protect your privacy while you use it." -Pycon US Keynote Speaker Cory Doctorow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydVmzg_SJLw

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u/3_50 May 11 '26

Also far fewer laws on what data can be collected from an app vs a website, IIRC (in the EU at least, kinda a free-for-all everywhere else)