Reddit Starts Blocking Mobile Website, Pushing Users to App Instead
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Also would imagine Old Reddit (
old.reddit.com) is unaffected, as usual.Who the fuck is supposed to believe that? The official app was so famously shit that they had to crack down on alternative clients - which ultimately drove a bunch of people to quit that corporate cesspool and come to the fediverse.
Reddit is shit these days, out of control mods, the overpowering use of AI to delete posts and ban users. It’s become terrible and quickly not worth using.
"These days" is very generous.
As soon as that started last week, I stopped going on reddit altogether. They made the decision for me.
Same. At first I was annoyed but then I realised this is going to help me use one less platform.
Translation: "We make ~3x per user in advertising revenue in the app vs the web"
Fuck Reddit and Fuck Spez.
Because blocking ads in the app is much more difficult than blocking them in the website.