Help…did Reddit just destroy mobile browser access, or am I missing a setting?
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It looks like you’re part of one of our experiments. The logged-in mobile web experience is currently unavailable for a portion of users. To...

As quoted from the linked post.

It looks like you’re part of one of our experiments. The logged-in mobile web experience is currently unavailable for a portion of users. To access the site you can log on via desktop, the mobile apps, or wait for the experiment to conclude.

This is separate from the API issue. This will actually BLOCK you from even viewing reddit on your phone without using the official app.

Archive.org link in case the post is removed.

https://web.archive.org/save/https%3A%2F%2Fold.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fhelp%2Fcomments%2F135tly1%2Fhelpdid_reddit_just_destroy_mobile_browser_access%2Fjim40zg%2F

  • artaxadepressedhorse@lemmyngs.social
    11·
    1 year ago

    What about if you switch your mobile browser to Desktop Mode? That seems to work for YouTube’s fuckery where they pause videos when minimized on mobile.

    But still, it’s principle. Give them an inch, they’ll take a mile. Reddit can burn.

    • Meldroc@lemmy.world
      7·
      1 year ago

      Old.reddit.com should continue to work for a while, maybe RES can be modified to tweak the site to be mobile-friendly.

      But that would just be a holding action. Spez wants to kill old Reddit, so he can inflict more He Grifts Us ads on users. Enshittification continues…

      • Varyag@beehaw.org
        10·
        1 year ago

        Yeah I am 100% sure that old.reddit is going to die. Not now, cause of the massive backlash already happening, but soon. Potentially immediately after this situation dies down. Good thing I’m already moving out of that whole situation…

        • Chainweasel@lemmy.world
          8·
          1 year ago

          They were pretty clear during their “AMA” that they couldn’t care less about the backlash, even doubling down on the lies about the Apollo dev.

        • Flickertail@lemmy.world
          5·
          1 year ago

          Actually, it wouldn’t surprise me if they decided to kill it sooner rather than later. Restricting mobile access even further indicates to me that they’re probably trying to get all their negative press out of the way as quickly as possible.

        • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com
          2·
          1 year ago

          I’m just pleasantly surprised it lasted as long as it did. I was certain old.reddit would be shut down years ago

    • timkmz@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      For youtube theres some extensions that make you able to play youtube in the background and with your phone off!