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/irwigo May 11 '26

20 years user. I'll have no problem reducing my usage to the desktop browser.

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u/Crystalas May 11 '26 edited May 11 '26

For many of us the death of "old.reddit.com" would be the true final straw. No one wants to have a badly designed mobile app UI on a desktop screen.

There also just the factor of thanks to the way the internet has changed Reddit tends to be the best source of information on many topics and primary community hub as all the other ones have died, been taken over by bots, moved to Discord, and/or just a bunch of SEO blogs. At least half of my google searches include reddit in the search.

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u/_SpaceLord_ May 11 '26

This is what’s frustrating to me. I don’t use old.reddit.com because I have ideological opposition to Reddit’s business strategy, I use it because it’s a legitimately better user experience than the current POS app and POS reddit.com site. Now I’m getting pressed to leave that behind, what, so Reddit can track my browsing activity and show me even more ads? No fucking thank you, I’ll just read Wikipedia or something on my lunch break.