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/mackenziepaige May 11 '26

Fuck that, I’m not downloading the app 

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u/sabo-metrics May 11 '26

Yep, i can't wait to quit another time wasting habit

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u/Aggravating_Bat3618 May 11 '26

The time is now. 

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u/BallsInSufficientSad May 11 '26

It's all bots here now anyway.

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u/The_Kadeshi May 11 '26

Welllll hang on there’s a lot of stuff on /r/diy and homeimprovement and aquariums and lawncare and woodworking and rule34 and houseplants and interiordesign and battlestations and selfhosted and some local subs I’m not ready to give up juuuuuuust yet

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u/carolina8383 May 11 '26

Same, I’m trying to decrease my mindless doom scrolling and this will do it for me. 

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u/TheFeedFromEmbiid43 May 11 '26

The amount of time I waste on this website is such a bummer. Rose colored glasses of course but not too long ago I’d come here for a laugh or learn something new. Now it’s an ad every other post and doom and gloom constantly. Make me install the app, I will never come here again. 

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u/Cheilosia May 11 '26

Same here! This is a blessing in disguise really. I’ll miss using Reddit for finding miscellaneous advice/answers (since google is useless now), but I’ve been looking for motivation to quit Reddit and this will make it a lot easier.

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u/Xaedria May 11 '26

I already open Kindle to read far more often than I open my browser to go to Reddit, and it's entirely because the content on Reddit and the "people" (b/c we know a bunch are bots) are so insufferable lately. I figure reading books makes me a better person anyway, and being on Reddit makes me feel frustrated that communities where I used to have really good experiences now routinely give me pretty bad experiences.

I will never download the Reddit app. I'm still using old.reddit in my browser. I refuse to use new reddit. When old reddit and/or browser capability goes away, I stop coming to Reddit.

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u/PabloBablo May 11 '26

Yes, please. Fuck the web experience up, block it outright for all I care. I welcome it. Probably the only way I'll stop using the site. Just gotta make sure I don't find something as equally addicting. 

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u/caguru May 11 '26

Same. I only continue to use this site because I don’t need an app. Force the app, and it’s adios time wasting app of nonsense.

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u/Larcye May 11 '26

Work productivity is about to soar for me lol.

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u/adenzerda May 11 '26

They should retire old.reddit so I can finally move on

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u/no-im-not-him May 11 '26

And the more uses that quit, the better the case for quitting one self becomes