Not Just Third-Party Apps: Reddit Experimenting with restricting logged in access for mobile web users... : reddit

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Not Just Third-Party Apps: Reddit Experimenting with restricting logged in access for mobile web users... (www.reddit.com)

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Link to a thread where user is in panic over inability to log in on mobile web browser but is assured by reddit admin that is an "experiment"

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Good lord, they'll do anything to push their app eh?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This shit would drive me nuts. My friends and I would send each other links we found on Reddit through messenger or text and when I would get one, it would take me to a blurred view of the page and tell me to view it on their app. I would back right out, go on RedditIsFun, and search the title of the post there. To stop this from happening to people I sent to, I'd just take a screenshot of the meme and send it in a group chat and say I saw it on r/whatever. If you force me to use your broken shit, I'll send that meme in a fax out of spite if I have to.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Just got to wait for a Reddit Vanced app then...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

FYI ReVanced already supports Reddit but I don't think they deserve any web traffic no matter how

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

ReVanced has a few patches for it, most importantly general ad removal. I imagine there'll be more soon, hopefully ones which makes the UX better.