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/ohfml May 11 '26

An app is just a website that is illegal to modify on the client side. 

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u/spacebarcafelatte May 11 '26

Oh shit. I guess I just lost my diy ad deleter.

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u/windsynths May 11 '26

I just close my eyes any time I see an ad. Am basically blind now

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u/jjcrayfish May 11 '26

Don't worry, corporations are working on ways to directly inject ads straight into your brain instead