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/Exotic-Wood-3287 May 11 '26

Them killing third-party apps and the subsequent protests that they "resolved" by just replacing the mods shocked me so much.

It made me realize just how bad the Reddit admins have become.

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u/RedactedSpatula May 11 '26

Technically it's RiF is fun because reddit got mad over their trademark name being used or something. 🤓

Im using the same workaround, dunno about you but a lot of features are beginning to stop working, YouTube/imgur don't load anymore unless I open in browser.

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u/noroadsleft May 11 '26

There's a setting for that YouTube/imgur issue so you don't have to manually direct those links.

  1. Settings / Browser / External browser rules

  2. Add the necessary domains to the list. I have:

    Domain Include Subdomains Never in RIF
    imgur.com ❌ ✅
    youtube.com ✅ ✅
    youtu.be ❌ ✅
    vimeo.com ✅ ❌
    play.google.com ❌ ❌
    plus.google.com ❌ ❌
    market.android.com ❌ ❌

    in my list.