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biscuit@lemdro.id to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days ago

Reddit Starts Blocking Mobile Website, Pushing Users to App Instead

www.macrumors.com

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Reddit Starts Blocking Mobile Website, Pushing Users to App Instead

www.macrumors.com

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Social network Reddit recently began blocking mobile visitors to its website while pushing them to download the official Reddit app, and it's fair to say that the move is not going down well with users. If you visit reddit.com on your iPhone today, you may see a new popup that can't be dismissed, asking you to "get the app to keep using Reddit".
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    Reddit needs to die like digg did

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    It’s just websites. I’m not downloading your shitty app to look at your website. That’s what a browser is for.

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    I just got banned for saying that I look forward to watching leopards eat James Comey’s face. They took it as a literal call for violence. The only thing that doesn’t make it perfect is that it wasn’t on r/leopardsatemyface.

    I would say reddit has fully gone to shit, but somehow I think it still has a ways lower to sink.

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    Good.

    The more of this they do, the more people move to federated sites.

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    I hate reddit. They blocked all of my accounts for no reason. And they’re so vague explaining why, and when I tried to appeal, the whole site crashed. Literally joined Lemmy yesterday.

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    If you paste this into your my filters tab on Ublock Origin, it’ll block the element blocking you from the page, but yes that’s why I made a Lemmy account, because fuck reddit.

    reddit.com#?##app-upsell-blocking-bottom-sheet-seo:remove() reddit.com#%#//scriptlet(‘prevent-addEventListener’, ‘touchmove’, ‘preventDefault’) reddit.com#%#//scriptlet(‘remove-class’, ‘rpl-scroll-lock|scroll-is-blocked’, ‘html, body’, ‘asap stay’) reddit.com#$#html, body, shreddit-app { overflow-y: scroll !important; -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch !important; touch-action: pan-y !important; overscroll-behavior: auto !important; }

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    Garbage takes itself out, lol.

  • BygoneNeutrino@lemmy.world
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    Reddit really sucks. Once you get one temporary ban, the automated system really fucks you at any point in the future.

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    They never learn.

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    Any websight pushing stuff like this I refuse to use. I use a degoogled phone so many apps don’t work and I use the web browser.

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    This was the push I needed to delete my reddit account and I did it yesterday

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    lemmy is way better than reddit

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    Good idea, Reddit.

    opens redreader

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      How does that work? I thought Reddit effectively banned third-party apps by forcing API usage fees?

      Either way, I wouldn’t browse Reddit now even if they reneged on the API scandal. Bridge has been burned, and the political landscape there seems horrid nowadays.

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        I read somewhere (who knows where) Red Reader focuses on visual impaired accessibility features so Reddit Corp waives the api fees. I assume it’s cheaper for them than developing accessibility features into the official app.

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          That’s correct. The only restriction is that you can’t see NSFW posts.

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          Wow, interesting. I’m conflicted about how to feel about that.

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        Maybe like Boost for Reddit - it can be patched with Revanced and you can still use it

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    the humble “request desktop site” button

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      I’m using this to suggest that Lemmy is better. Sneaky but fun.

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      My default use of mobile browsers

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    Thats why I’m back here 🐱

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      Welcome home 😌

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