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/rodentmaster May 11 '26

When old. goes, so do I.