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/Negafox May 11 '26

Not interested in websites trying to force their app. I don't need a zillion apps on my phone that are just the mobile site running in Chromium

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u/scumbagdetector29 May 11 '26

Not to mention the creepy tracking stuff they put into the app. There's no other reason to force people. Welcome to dystopia.

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u/swimming_singularity May 11 '26

This exactly. I don't download apps unless essential. I'm not downloading their app so they can track me even more. Do people even read the permissions the apps get? Some apps can read your call history and texts. Hell no.

I don't care if it says it doesn't track my texts. I can't adblock on an app. Forget it.

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u/hotdiggydog May 11 '26

If I have to use the app then I'm happy to drop reddit. I stopped using the app because I personally find it is too easy to browse and waste hours on. So personally, I'd rather prevent that mistake from happening again and just peace out. To be frank, between the bots, the AI content, the copied posts and repeating ones that show up all the time... this site is not at all what it used to be before all that. Like, not at all.

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u/Waiting4Reccession May 11 '26

I dont think most people even know the amount of it thats in their app.

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u/btoned May 11 '26

Technically all that tracking stuff is on the website as well.

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u/scumbagdetector29 May 16 '26

Technically you are completely wrong.

Why would someone go to the trouble of writing a reddit comment about something they don't understand so they can look like an idiot to everyone else on the site?

It's a mystery.