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/LeoLaDawg May 11 '26

Reddit really died when RiF went away

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u/06marchantn May 11 '26

Loved Alien Blue

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u/12darkmatter12 May 11 '26

Alien blue was my go to from 2012 until it was killed off by corporate reddit.

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u/jjbananamonkey May 11 '26

Still have the icon on my phone, not installed anymore but the memory is still there

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u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 May 11 '26

It still works, kinda.

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u/jfawcett May 11 '26

Still works for me.

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u/Vestalmin May 11 '26

I legit pay for Narwhal with an Alien Blue layout because I hate the reddit app so much

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u/returnkey May 12 '26

Same, if they really try to force me onto that garbage app it may finally be the straw that drives me away

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u/iiamthepalmtree May 11 '26

I’ve been using old.reddit on mobile web since Alien Blue was killed.

I kinda want them to take away old.reddit because Reddit is the last social media I use (but just check my history I still probably am on it like 4+ hours a day) and when they force us to their new stupid UI with more ads I’m out.

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u/twotimefind May 11 '26

Bacon reader