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Reddit is now trying to force you to use their app on mobile

If you go to reddit.com on a mobile browser, you can't see s...
ruby background story dragon
  05/02/26
I saw a prole commenter refer to reddit as “this app&r...
Talking fear-inspiring field
  05/02/26
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Enola str8
  05/11/26
I saw some usage statistics a while back The breakdown be...
ruby background story dragon
  05/02/26
Are you on android? Only thing I’ve noticed lately ...
Talking fear-inspiring field
  05/02/26
Yea. With Firefox on Android in a private tab, I open up Red...
ruby background story dragon
  05/02/26
You can also request the desktop site in your mobile browser...
awkward toaster
  05/02/26
This isn’t happening to me at all on safari tho
Talking fear-inspiring field
  05/02/26
Oh ya we should all state our browsers before we engage furt...
awkward toaster
  05/02/26
Nah safari when logged in is the easiest experience I have w...
Talking fear-inspiring field
  05/02/26
It's 180 that sorting by Controversial is such a regular par...
awkward toaster
  05/02/26
...
Big Clique Energy
  05/05/26
Well I can't screenshot what I'm seeing because it's in a pr...
ruby background story dragon
  05/02/26
Now it's happening in regular tabs on Firefox on Android ...
Nyolent Vigor
  05/05/26
quit using reddit, are you broke or something?
Nippon Professional Baseball
  05/05/26
yea
Nyolent Vigor
  05/05/26
I would say get off reddit and get some more sinecures but I...
Nippon Professional Baseball
  05/05/26
You can only use old now imo it sucks but it's all that work...
i gave my cousin head
  05/05/26
I used to be a digger.
Nippon Professional Baseball
  05/05/26
Mobile web still works if you're logged in. I occasionally l...
Nyolent Vigor
  05/05/26
important development
dont waste ur life reading this post
  05/05/26
I hate using apps for stuff that should just be a website
Nyolent Vigor
  05/05/26
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/11/reddit-starts-blocking-...
Nyolent Vigor
  05/11/26
They're all doing this now. Certain features aren't "av...
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 4:16 PM
Author: ruby background story dragon

If you go to reddit.com on a mobile browser, you can't see shit, it tells you to install the app

You can still use old.reddit.com on mobile but it's a shit interface

The internet sucks so bad now, wtf

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862958&forum_id=2...id#49859950)



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Date: May 2nd, 2026 5:46 PM
Author: Talking fear-inspiring field

I saw a prole commenter refer to reddit as “this app” in a comment once and it made me want to quit reddit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862958&forum_id=2...id#49860158)



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Date: May 11th, 2026 3:33 PM
Author: Enola str8



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862958&forum_id=2...id#49880294)



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Date: May 2nd, 2026 5:44 PM
Author: ruby background story dragon

I saw some usage statistics a while back

The breakdown between app, mobile web, "New" Reddit, and old.reddit.com was far from what I would have suspected. Tons of app users, only a tiny amount of old.reddit.com users

How did people get so bad at tech stuff?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862958&forum_id=2...id#49860149)



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Date: May 2nd, 2026 5:46 PM
Author: Talking fear-inspiring field

Are you on android?

Only thing I’ve noticed lately is it’s hard to filter best/controversial within the thread on desktop sometimes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862958&forum_id=2...id#49860157)



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Date: May 2nd, 2026 6:00 PM
Author: ruby background story dragon

Yea. With Firefox on Android in a private tab, I open up Reddit and it won't let me do anything. Can't scroll anything, can't log in, it just tells me to get the app.

It took me a little while to notice but if I open it in a regular tab I can still use it like normal.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862958&forum_id=2...id#49860191)



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Date: May 2nd, 2026 5:52 PM
Author: awkward toaster

You can also request the desktop site in your mobile browser. I do that sometimes anyways because the mobile version doesn't let you do some things. But also, I just tried the mobile site and it has a toast at the bottom saying to install the app, but I closed it and it seemed fine.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862958&forum_id=2...id#49860172)



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Date: May 2nd, 2026 5:56 PM
Author: Talking fear-inspiring field

This isn’t happening to me at all on safari tho

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862958&forum_id=2...id#49860181)



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Date: May 2nd, 2026 6:00 PM
Author: awkward toaster

Oh ya we should all state our browsers before we engage further. I'm using Chrome on Android.

Are you sure you didn't just dismiss it before and forget? Bc it only showed up for me once.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862958&forum_id=2...id#49860188)



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Date: May 2nd, 2026 6:12 PM
Author: Talking fear-inspiring field

Nah safari when logged in is the easiest experience I have with it lately. Only advantage to desktop is you more easily type “CONTROVERSIAL” in the address bar readily since that’s the only way to sort threads by controversial afaict

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862958&forum_id=2...id#49860207)



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Date: May 2nd, 2026 6:16 PM
Author: awkward toaster

It's 180 that sorting by Controversial is such a regular part of your Reddit experience

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862958&forum_id=2...id#49860209)



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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:22 AM
Author: Big Clique Energy



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862958&forum_id=2...id#49866446)



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Date: May 2nd, 2026 6:16 PM
Author: ruby background story dragon

Well I can't screenshot what I'm seeing because it's in a private tab.

But if I load reddit.com in a private tab in Firefox on Android, I can't do anything, it just tells me to get the app.

If I set Firefox to load the desktop site, that still works. And going to old.reddit.com still works. But both of those are fairly shitty ways of using Reddit on a phone.

I guess it's minor. But it's a bad omen of what they're planning to do to the site.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862958&forum_id=2...id#49860210)



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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:09 AM
Author: Nyolent Vigor

Now it's happening in regular tabs on Firefox on Android

https://ibb.co/Dg1WYPhw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862958&forum_id=2...id#49866420)



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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:10 AM
Author: Nippon Professional Baseball

quit using reddit, are you broke or something?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862958&forum_id=2...id#49866422)



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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:11 AM
Author: Nyolent Vigor

yea

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862958&forum_id=2...id#49866424)



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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:20 AM
Author: Nippon Professional Baseball

I would say get off reddit and get some more sinecures but I guess you're a defeated loser and need a place to talk with other losers about loser shit. Sorry I can't help you

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862958&forum_id=2...id#49866440)



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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:21 AM
Author: i gave my cousin head

You can only use old now imo it sucks but it's all that works currently waiting for a new site like how reddit replaced digg

https://old.reddit.com/r/all/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862958&forum_id=2...id#49866441)



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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:22 AM
Author: Nippon Professional Baseball

I used to be a digger.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862958&forum_id=2...id#49866445)



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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:39 AM
Author: Nyolent Vigor

Mobile web still works if you're logged in. I occasionally like skimming Reddit when not logged in, you see some stuff that you wouldn't ordinarily see

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862958&forum_id=2...id#49866488)



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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:40 AM
Author: dont waste ur life reading this post

important development

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862958&forum_id=2...id#49866490)



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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:51 AM
Author: Nyolent Vigor

I hate using apps for stuff that should just be a website

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862958&forum_id=2...id#49866527)



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Date: May 11th, 2026 3:32 PM
Author: Nyolent Vigor

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/11/reddit-starts-blocking-mobile-website/

https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1ta2xrk/reddit_starts_blocking_mobile_website_pushing/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862958&forum_id=2...id#49880290)



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Date: May 11th, 2026 4:43 PM
Author: ....,....,.......,.........,....,.,....


They're all doing this now. Certain features aren't "available" without the app, and you'll get constant pop ups and reminders.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862958&forum_id=2...id#49880480)