That's some really "spez"ial thinking process right here.

1. Realize that Reddit needs more traffic and users ASAP

2. Randomly block access to content

3. ???

4. Profit!

... seriously ... any site that greets me with pop-ups like "we noticed you're using an adblocker" and stupid captchas and the like gets closed immediatly, and if I need to subscribe / join just to read what some rando on the internet wrote 6 years ago then I'm just going to look for that info elsewhere. Does spez really think that reddit is so incredible and awesome that people would WANT to log in / create an account when confronted with this bullsh*t?

So wannabe Elon Musk is copying Elon Musk and twitter?

Just keep making the platform even more unaccessible and user-unfriendly. I'm sure the users don't mind or change platforms.

This shit basically killed reddit as a proffesional information aourcr ror me. No im not gonna log into reddit on my work pc, i just need to be looking for technical data i can find elsewhere.

Once you lose your convenience status you are doomed to die a slow death into becoming a niche old website.

Non reddit users who will open the reddit links for information will now stop looking at it. They won't go through the pain of signing up. Ad revenue loses for the idiots.

Next up, Reddit renames to Y

I'm shocked.

This will obliterate their google ranking. Bye bye Reddit

The 3d modeling software i use (SolidWorks) did he exact same thing with their user formums. They used to be an incredibly rich resource for troubleshooting problems and finding creative ways to solve design problems using their software. It was truly something special for professional users of this software. The forum was public and Google searchable.

Then, Dauuault Systems (the parent company of SolidWorks) walled it off for everyone except registered users, which I believe requires a valid license of their software. Guess what? Very few people use it anymore, especially me.

If you are using the browser on your phone just go to old.reddit.com and request the desktop site.... although how long that will work for is up in the air.

spez being spez

They've been testing disabling the mobile site for a few months now. They were A/B testing on accounts and not letting them log in from mobile browsers for a awhile now. I don't expect it'll be long before they try to block all mobile devices from accessing their website except through their stupid app.

Reminds me of one of the biggest fuckups another company that just rebranded had recently!

u/spez’s management “style” for sure.

On Android, if you go on any reddit post in your browser, you can't scroll down in the comments, at least in my experience. This is probably to incentivize download and using the app, which introduces more problems. If I really need to check a reddit post out, I view it in the browser in desktop view.

They’re trying to get extra download numbers for their app. All the actions they’re doing aren’t to make a better site, but to make it look good by the numbers.

Orion lets you send a custom user agent in requests. I’ve found this to generally avoid the “go use our app” dogshit on iOS. It’s also, so far, been nearly perfect at ad blocking in combo with filtering via NextDNS. Kagi has something going, I sure hope they have a revenue plan.

I had the same yesterday.

Replace www by old in the url if you really need to see the content.

At this point I'm pulling out the popcorn to follow which other corner of their product they will set on fire next. Not a single good decision since the protest that I can recall.

I've had good luck by viewing the page in desktop mode if I need to see something on reddit and tries to force me to use the app.

So if you build an app on RSS to circumvent the API BS, your users would get redirected to the app store where they conveniently can download spez's dumpster fire of code they call an app? That's so hilariously evil and stupid at the same time. Spez could be some Saturday morning cartoon villain.

This happened with me on android via browser ! ( fennec )

That's faster than expected.

Who could've known that Reddit all along was a faceless corporation that makes horrible decisions!

Sink it safari extension helps with this.

I browse Reddit with AdGuard and Sink It since I no longer have an account there. I don’t usually have a problem viewing the rare post or two that isn’t on Lemmy

I thought that happens always when you visit with a mobile device. I had to put my fennec in desktop mode.

Use stealth or geddit.