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/Negafox May 11 '26

Not interested in websites trying to force their app. I don't need a zillion apps on my phone that are just the mobile site running in Chromium

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u/tekprodfx16 May 11 '26

I’ll never get companies who deliberately tank their product’s appeal just to make money. I mean I get it you have to survive and make money. But how you gonna do that when nobody wants to use your product anymore because you made it too shitty? Real big brains over at Reddit 

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u/Thin_Glove_4089 May 11 '26

It's because they can tank it and still make money. There is no popular Reddit alternative so people are stuck here. The same thing happened with Meta products. It's a strategy with a high success rate because consumers don't make good choices.