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Reddit is now trying to force you to use their app on mobile
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 4:16 PM Author: Carmine Ape Antidepressant Drug 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 |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 5:46 PM Author: Aromatic office 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=2most#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=2most#49880294) |
Date: May 2nd, 2026 5:44 PM Author: Carmine Ape Antidepressant Drug 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? |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 5:46 PM Author: Aromatic office Are you on android?
Only thing I’ve noticed lately is it’s hard to filter best/controversial within the thread on desktop sometimes. |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 6:00 PM Author: Carmine Ape Antidepressant Drug 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. |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 5:52 PM Author: chest-beating bull headed chad electric furnace 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=2most#49860172) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 5:56 PM Author: Aromatic office This isn’t happening to me at all on safari tho (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862958&forum_id=2most#49860181) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 6:00 PM Author: chest-beating bull headed chad electric furnace 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. |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 6:12 PM Author: Aromatic office 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=2most#49860207) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 6:16 PM Author: chest-beating bull headed chad electric furnace 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=2most#49860209) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:22 AM Author: ocher principal's office (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862958&forum_id=2most#49866446) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 6:16 PM Author: Carmine Ape Antidepressant Drug 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. |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:09 AM Author: Carmine Ape Antidepressant Drug Now it's happening in regular tabs on Firefox on Android
https://ibb.co/Dg1WYPhw |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:10 AM Author: Sinister water buffalo property quit using reddit, are you broke or something? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862958&forum_id=2most#49866422) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:11 AM Author: Carmine Ape Antidepressant Drug yea (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862958&forum_id=2most#49866424) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:20 AM Author: Sinister water buffalo property 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=2most#49866440) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:21 AM Author: cerebral shitlib set 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/ |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:22 AM Author: Sinister water buffalo property I used to be a digger. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862958&forum_id=2most#49866445) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:39 AM Author: Carmine Ape Antidepressant Drug 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=2most#49866488) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:40 AM Author: Stubborn address gunner important development (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862958&forum_id=2most#49866490) |
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Date: May 5th, 2026 9:51 AM Author: Carmine Ape Antidepressant Drug I hate using apps for stuff that should just be a website (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862958&forum_id=2most#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/ |
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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=2most#49880480) |