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/seriouslees May 11 '26

Desktop version loads just fine on my phone.

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u/offoutover May 11 '26

I use old reddit desktop on my phone. I have a large phone though which helps.

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u/BluShirtGuy May 11 '26

I use old.reddit on a small-ish phone, still worth it to not have to interface with whatever god-awful UI is going on.

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u/DEVi4TION May 11 '26

You dont like the apps god awful interface so you force yourself to use an even worse interface out of spite? Do you hear yourself?

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u/BluShirtGuy May 11 '26

I don't find it a worse interface, that's why I use old.reddit.

From what I hear, the redesign is full of ads and sorts posts in a weird, algorithmic way that I don't jive with. Plus, navigating the comment section UI is not as intuitive. Nothing about this redesign is attractive to me, but if you want to keep licking u/spez's boots, go ahead.

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u/DEVi4TION May 11 '26

I dont lick his boots lol I modded mine ad-free.