2y ago

Reddit is blocking logins on mobile for some users, asking them to use the official Reddit app

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Reddit is blocking logins on mobile for some users, asking them to use the official Reddit app - gHacks Tech News

Some Reddit users have noticed that they can't sign-in to their accounts anymore on mobile, as the option to do so has been removed for them. Reddit has made it difficult in the past for users to access the site on mobile in browsers. The company's main intention is to get users to use the official Reddit application instead.

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Damn, Reddit must really not want me back. If I can't use Boost or at least the mobile version of Firefox with ublock installed there is no way I'm going back. Thankfully I'm quite happy on Lemmy and don't really miss Reddit.
- Fellow boost user! Would be great if he made a version of Boost for Lemmy, I'm just so used to that UI.
  
  Jerboa is designed to be reminiscent of Boost, but it just isn't the same yet...
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It’s like they actively want to drive users away. I know a lot of people have said this, but it really feels like Reddit is about to have its Digg moment.
- They want to push everyone on their apps because they collect a ton of metrics that they can easily resell. Metrics are way harder to collect on browsers in a consistent fashion.
- Honestly seems like a lot of major sites are imploding. Stackoverflow's mods are striking, Twitter is on a downward spiral and likely to go bankrupt this year, Reddit is axing itself, etc.
  It'll be interesting to see what ends up happening to the internet after. I think a return to more niche forums or community-run things like lemmy is unlikely to be fully mainstream, but I think enough folks will shake off the major platforms onto these to get them really active.
  
  Perhaps this will mark the end of an era. Running a social media company requires lots of money, and making it profitable is very hard unless you leach data off everyone. Perhaps investors will learn that there are better ways to make money.
  
  What's going on at SO?
  
  I like that idea. I miss just participating in niche forums. Keeps me from being tempted to watch something grotesque or read rage bait.
  
  Huh I hadn't heard about Stack Overflow's protest. Found these articles:
  "Stack Overflow strives to protect community content from AI firms, striking mods say “re-enable the data dumps”"
  "Stack Overflow Moderators Stop Work in Protest of Lax AI-Generated Content Guidelines"
  
  NewTumbl shut down last week as well, something not really covered. It's where all the NSFW content from Tumblr went.
- It's a natural consequence of the "enshittification" cycle: The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok — Or how, exactly, platforms die
I checked out the official reddit app just out of curiosity. What a shit show. It felt like half the posts were ads or "recommended" posts. Spent a whole 5 minutes before deleting. Relay or nothing.
Is anyone else also been gettin loading errors on Apollo since yesterday? I’ve stayed off since then but seems like they are already messing with API access already.
- Same here.
- I was able to use Apollo a few hours ago. Now it gives me errors but looks like reddit is being ddosed atm
- I think that is the dev shutting down the app for the blackout.
  
  Nah, the dev already said they're not shutting down the ApolloApp subreddit because it's how he's communicating with everyone (per his most recent post on there). It wouldn't make sense for him to shut down the app.
- That was the protest beginning.
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long live RiF
@serenitynot Somehow not surprising in the slightest, and yet still managing to impress with the level of quadrupling down on things
I saw this two weeks ago. I had a few days where I thought I was going crazy because there was no "log in" link in the header, just a more obnoxious "open the app" button instead. After a few days I did see the log in button again, but I had already accepted the fact that I'd only be allowed to use their mobile app and convinced myself I'd close my account (which I subsequently did two weeks later)
I think they're just A/B testing things, I ran into that a few times in the last couple months
- That's what I was thinking - they could have broken code they were testing, but who knows nowadays ¯(ツ)/¯
reddit ? what is it ? a new platform ? is there anybody here who knows what it is ?
- I think the notorious hacker named 4chan works there
I used Boost and Apollo a couple of years ago. The feed wouldn't update and there were minor glitches. The only thing I liked was the ability to download videos, but it was glitchy too. Maybe they are better now.
- what? both of them will be dead by the end of the month
  
  I have no objection.
I assume they want people to avoid using mobile browsers to bypass ads. Which, I'm done with reddit at this point. Just shooting themselves in the foot at this point to drive away the very thing that keeps them afloat, free content.
Nothing makes me more upset then requiring an application.

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long live RiF