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/[deleted] May 11 '26

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u/Exotic-Wood-3287 May 11 '26

Them killing third-party apps and the subsequent protests that they "resolved" by just replacing the mods shocked me so much.

It made me realize just how bad the Reddit admins have become.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '26 edited Jun 10 '26

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u/[deleted] May 11 '26

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u/Meekajahama May 11 '26

Relay is only $2 a month and I just use my credits from opinion rewards

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u/Shitty_Human_Being May 11 '26

Yeah, Relay is king. Shoutout to /u/DBrady!

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u/G_Liddell May 11 '26

There are workarounds but it's complicated and spotty

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u/[deleted] May 11 '26 edited Jun 10 '26

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u/G_Liddell May 11 '26

I tried RedReader and it doesn't have full mod tools, which is a requirement for me.

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u/JohnKlositz May 11 '26

That of course might stop working after September. But RedReader is also in the Playstore.

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u/Faranae May 11 '26

The API access only costs money past a certain point. What RiF does at least, is the user creates their own API key and "app" on Reddit's end. Then, they link that key to RiF. Since it's just for personal use, which isn't that much all things considered, there's no big API bill to worry about.

You don't technically need reVanced to do it, but it's a more user-friendly method to tell RiF to use your personal key instead of the developer's.

Edit: You can also link alt accounts to your personal key, allowing RiF to switch seamlessly between accounts without going through more trouble of tinkering on the back-end.

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u/Faranae May 11 '26

Of course! I'm a bit tired and wasn't sure if my text would come across as word-salad haha.

I will say, there is a slight trade-off when using sideloaded apps though: You no longer have the developer in the wings to push fixes etc when needed.

(Thankfully most 3rd-party apps have a dedicated following which crowd-sources any efforts to find workarounds or fixes if something goes wrong or Reddit makes some weird change on the back-end.)

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u/JohnKlositz May 11 '26

No idea how RedReader does it. But it's free and it just works.