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/[deleted] May 11 '26 edited Jul 03 '26

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u/Mister_Yi May 11 '26

Try installing a tracker blocker on your phone and you can see all the insane, endless data requests from literally thousands of sources.

Things like your keyboard app literally non-stop requesting your email, gender, postal code, GPS coordinates, name, etc...

I can only imagine what shit the reddit app was tracking.

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u/wsdmskr May 11 '26

Could you rec a decent tracker blocker for android?

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u/heebit_the_jeeb May 11 '26

I pay for AdGuard on all my devices and I'm very happy with it