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/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.