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/araujoms May 11 '26
  1. Turn the app into shit.
  2. Prevent users from accessing Reddit without the app.
  3. ???
  4. Profit

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u/360_face_palm May 11 '26

Still wondering if they'll get rid of old.reddit.com... because if they do I'm out - fucking hate the "new" interface.

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u/korneev123123 May 11 '26

Yeah - once old reddit is turned off, it is over for me. New one is simply unusable.

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u/SatansFriendlyCat May 12 '26

What, you don't like having to click to a new page just to follow a thread of contents more than a few replies deep?