alt.hn

5/17/2026 at 2:42:37 PM

Reddit Is Blocking Some Users from Accessing Its Website from Mobile Devices

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/05/why-reddit-blocked-my-daily-visit-to-its-mobile-website/

by Brajeshwar

5/17/2026 at 4:28:10 PM

I ran into this issue last week but it's gone back to letting me access the site normally on a mobile browser. This may have been an A/B test measuring app conversions pre and post mobile browser blocking.

by rchaud

5/17/2026 at 4:29:40 PM

Yeah I got it for a bit and just stopped visiting.

by Shadowmist

5/17/2026 at 4:51:30 PM

Same for me, I used it as a welcome opportunity to get rid of the Reddit habit, which was surprisingly easy. I haven't gotten much useful content out of it for quite some time.

by jbaiter

5/17/2026 at 6:49:51 PM

For anyone using Android OS phones and tablets, the open-source Fulguris web browser has a setting to always report as a desktop web browser, which avoids such shenanigans and all-around gets better working and more usable and useful web pages.

by dlcarrier

5/17/2026 at 2:57:19 PM

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by hankerapp

5/17/2026 at 4:12:49 PM

i believe you linked something else

edit: the parent commenter's comment history looks weird; constantly linking to that url. is this a bot i'm replying to?

by hexagonwin

5/17/2026 at 4:23:37 PM

It's a bot

edit: or a human spammer, but no difference IMO

by kurtoid

5/17/2026 at 4:35:04 PM

i legit couldn't tell it aside from the sketchy link. this is getting scary.

by hexagonwin

5/17/2026 at 6:02:20 PM

[dead]

by hankerapp