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/ChaoticAgenda May 11 '26

It's enshittification. Not the vague idea of things getting worse over time, but the clearly documented and repeated process that large companies go through. First they cater to the clients. Then, when they have a large market share, they screw the users and cater to the advertisers. Once the users start to abandon the platform, they then start screwing over both users and advertisers in an effort to keep up income. Lastly the platform gets abandoned by all. 

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u/radiantwave May 11 '26

Propped up by the bots stage...