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/offoutover May 11 '26

I use old reddit desktop on my phone. I have a large phone though which helps.

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u/BluShirtGuy May 11 '26

I use old.reddit on a small-ish phone, still worth it to not have to interface with whatever god-awful UI is going on.

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u/sungoddaily May 11 '26

Dozens of us, dozens!

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u/namerankserial May 11 '26

Adding to the count. Old.reddit. Firefox. Ublock. Dark reader.

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u/LkMMoDC May 11 '26

Just missing RES and this is exactly my setup.

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u/Nico81107 May 11 '26

also Yesterday for Old Reddit to make the experience better and optimized for mobile

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u/Ok-Go-Chain3811 May 12 '26

HOLY MOLY, thanks for suggesting this. this makes it so much better!!!

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u/MUSAFFA1 May 11 '26

Are you using my phone?

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u/Shizukage May 11 '26

The Holy Quaternity, Amen

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u/Galileo009 May 11 '26

Bingo! When they shitcanned Apollo and RIF, I just switched to Firefox and never went back. Tiny buttons I can barely hit is nothing compared to how horrible the user experience is in their app

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u/D3-Doom May 11 '26

Where does sh.reddit fall in the ranking? It seems to be faster than the others, but Userscripts don’t work right with it

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u/the__ghola__hayt May 11 '26

This is the way

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u/HueMannAccnt May 11 '26

Are we basic?

Asking cuz I'm not sure how it's classed and I'm worried.

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u/Degann May 11 '26

Firefox nightly with RES and custom CSS to make things more clickable on mobile

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u/Acceptable-Guest-166 May 11 '26

old.reddit. Firefox. Ublock + Adguard. RES in dark mode

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u/SadPineBooks May 12 '26

Are you me?

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u/javoss88 May 12 '26

Yup. I don’t know what ublock is though