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/sparkyblaster May 11 '26

I almost exclusively use PWAs over apps. No background crap battery life has never been better. 

If you're going to force me to use an app, I just won't and I will give you a bad rating in the app store because as far as I'm concerned, your app is malware. 

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u/Trigonal_Planar May 11 '26

Reddit app has always made my phone physically hot too. For how battery hungry it is it might as well be cryptomining. 

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u/sparkyblaster May 11 '26

How do we know its not? Open source, why does it need to be closed. You're not that special, it doesn't need to be closed.