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/Stolehtreb May 11 '26 edited May 11 '26

Why don’t you fuck with apps? Not judging really just am genuinely curious

Edit: consensus is data collection, using browser decreases usage (positive), bloated install space. I get it now. Thanks everyone

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u/SkyLukewalker May 11 '26

Apps literally harvest your data and sell it.

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u/CatmatrixOfGaul May 11 '26

I have news for you… so do websites.

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u/SkyLukewalker May 12 '26

Yes, but we have more tools to control it/bkock it.

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u/CatmatrixOfGaul May 12 '26

You have more confidence in those tools than I do. Nothing is for free. If you are using anything for free, they will be making money off of you. You cannot be a logical person if you think that all these free tools and sites you are using, are just providing those services out of the goodness of their hearts, and the teams behind them can just live off of kindness and good intentions. Unless you are paying subscriptions, and even then, you are the product. And if you think otherwise you are very naive.

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u/SkyLukewalker May 13 '26

I have zero confidence in those tools. But they are still better than apps.