Social network Reddit recently began blocking mobile visitors to its website while pushing them to download the official Reddit app, and it's fair to say that the move is not going down well with users. If you visit reddit.com on your iPhone today, you may see a new popup that can't be dismissed, asking you to "get the app to keep using Reddit".
  • deathbird@mander.xyzEnglish
    22·
    6 days ago

    It’s just websites. I’m not downloading your shitty app to look at your website. That’s what a browser is for.

  • sevenoverthree@lemmy.worldEnglish
    26·
    6 days ago

    I just got banned for saying that I look forward to watching leopards eat James Comey’s face. They took it as a literal call for violence. The only thing that doesn’t make it perfect is that it wasn’t on r/leopardsatemyface.

    I would say reddit has fully gone to shit, but somehow I think it still has a ways lower to sink.

  • user_aready_exists@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    6 days ago

    If you paste this into your my filters tab on Ublock Origin, it’ll block the element blocking you from the page, but yes that’s why I made a Lemmy account, because fuck reddit.

    reddit.com#?##app-upsell-blocking-bottom-sheet-seo:remove() reddit.com#%#//scriptlet(‘prevent-addEventListener’, ‘touchmove’, ‘preventDefault’) reddit.com#%#//scriptlet(‘remove-class’, ‘rpl-scroll-lock|scroll-is-blocked’, ‘html, body’, ‘asap stay’) reddit.com#$#html, body, shreddit-app { overflow-y: scroll !important; -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch !important; touch-action: pan-y !important; overscroll-behavior: auto !important; }

  • diplomatic_immunity@lemmy.zipEnglish
    42·
    7 days ago

    I hate reddit. They blocked all of my accounts for no reason. And they’re so vague explaining why, and when I tried to appeal, the whole site crashed. Literally joined Lemmy yesterday.

          • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            7 days ago

            They blocked NSFW content for users who aren’t logged in last I checked. Still the case? I refuse to test it by visiting their cancer site.

            • stylusmobilus@aussie.zoneEnglish
              2·
              7 days ago

              No idea. When I got booted, I deleted my account and haven’t been back other than random internet searches.

              I have enough personal experiences I can draw on for rubbing one out. What was really good were the OF people dropping their enticers for people to sign up. They’re good at what they do, the porn is realistic.

              • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                6 days ago

                Same, I sometime go to redgifs if the wife isn’t up to it, and the content there is quite good but you gotta dig for it in the niches. The front page is filled almost entirely with immediate full frontal dildo fucking with ahegao and I’m so fucking not into that.

                I need buildup, some romance, some passion. Otherwise it’s boring.

                • stylusmobilus@aussie.zoneEnglish
                  2·
                  6 days ago

                  Reality is important to me with it. This contrived created stuff you see with professional work, its just not real.

            • FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.worldEnglish
              21·
              7 days ago

              They’ve fucked the interface with redgifs for countries that require age verification

              I’m verified, because I’m a content creator, but reddit doesn’t recognise it

              They’ll probably fix it quickly given how heavily they rely on porn traffic

  • BygoneNeutrino@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    6 days ago

    Reddit really sucks. Once you get one temporary ban, the automated system really fucks you at any point in the future.

  • ArchsageRamases@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    6 days ago

    Any websight pushing stuff like this I refuse to use. I use a degoogled phone so many apps don’t work and I use the web browser.

  • "Laser" @lemmy.worldEnglish
    192·
    6 days ago

    This was the push I needed to delete my reddit account and I did it yesterday

    • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      7 days ago

      How does that work? I thought Reddit effectively banned third-party apps by forcing API usage fees?

      Either way, I wouldn’t browse Reddit now even if they reneged on the API scandal. Bridge has been burned, and the political landscape there seems horrid nowadays.

      • 9WhiteTeeth@lemmy.todayEnglish
        5·
        7 days ago

        I read somewhere (who knows where) Red Reader focuses on visual impaired accessibility features so Reddit Corp waives the api fees. I assume it’s cheaper for them than developing accessibility features into the official app.