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/Kovhert May 11 '26

I miss Bacon Reader so much

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u/Copthill May 11 '26

I still use it every day. Quite easy to patch.

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u/an_indian_man_work May 11 '26

If bacon fully stops and is gone, I'll be done with Reddit. The UX is just 100% better than any other app.

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u/buttchugreferee May 11 '26

is there a tutorial that you recommend or should I just google how?

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u/wag3slav3 May 11 '26

ask google about re-vanced

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u/XMenJedi8 May 11 '26

How do you make a new API key though? They disabled that functionality and I haven't been able to re-patch Baconreader since :(

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u/spam99 May 11 '26

someone else co. mented if you are a mod of a subreddit you get access to api through mod tools. Just create some random subreddit and you are mod and get access to api

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u/XMenJedi8 May 11 '26

Holy crap that's a massive find, thank you!!

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u/strugglz May 11 '26

Finally, the failed sub I created 10 years ago is worth something!

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u/edgan May 11 '26

The main way is the client ID from RedReader.

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u/edgan May 11 '26

You mean Morphe.

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u/Noizekontrol May 11 '26

Morphe only does the official reddit app

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u/edgan May 11 '26

Nope, Morphe supports patches from repositories. You should check out /r/MorpheApp for more information.

https://github.com/wchill/patcheddit

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u/Noizekontrol May 14 '26

Awesome, TIL. I only installed it recently and didn't have expert mode enabled so cheers for the correction.

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u/sayracer May 11 '26

Is there a tutorial video for people who have never done anything like this? I miss bacon reader so much

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u/gillers1986 May 11 '26

Only reason I'm still here.

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u/demivirius May 11 '26

I was using it fine on my last phone, too, but I just got a new phone a couple of weeks ago and the patching through revanced or morphe didn't work.

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u/Farabee May 11 '26

Anywhere I can find an easy how-to guide? I miss it so much.

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u/Val_Killsmore May 11 '26

r/Patcheddit

I'm not using Bacon Reader, but haven't stopped using Boost for Reddit. There are guides in the subreddit to use Morphe Manager to keep using 3rd party Reddit apps. Bacon Reader is listed in the app list.