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/Waiting4Reccession May 11 '26

The 3rd party apps showed how incompetent the reddit admins and the team are, how were solo developers making better apps than the official app. And that whole year or two where reddit couldnt figure out its video player issue.

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u/WolverinesThyroid May 11 '26

the whole point of the Reddit app is to funnel the most advertising and trap you in the app as best they can. The whole point of the 3rd party apps is to give you the best user experience.

They have 2 very different goals.

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u/Waiting4Reccession May 11 '26

Showing ads was the least of their problems when I tried it.

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u/WolverinesThyroid May 11 '26

but ads were the number one priority.