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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

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[–] deedasmi@lemmy.timdn.com 9 points 2 years ago

The experiment just being if you quit?

[–] happyhippo@feddit.it 9 points 2 years ago

I had planned to leave reddit by end of June already, and have uninstalled Infinity from my phone a couple of days ago.

But man, this piece of news makes me wish I could do even more to boycott the platform. They are nuts. Enjoy the failure 😉

[–] Tempiz@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

Not surprised. They need to milk every last drop of revenue from their users free content for the upcoming IPO.

[–] brn123@lemmy.one 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

WE BROKE REDDIT?

YAYY

and fkkk spez

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[–] giddy@lemmy.perthchat.org 8 points 2 years ago (14 children)

Experimenting on their own users...

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[–] Kuroneko@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It’s worth noting that this post was from last month before they announced the usurious pricing of the API. However the fact that they were doing this does not bode well for people (like me) trying to avoid using their horrendous app.

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[–] Bretzel@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

What a dirty move, fuck u/spez, i will not download your shitty client

[–] howdy@thesimplecorner.org 8 points 2 years ago

I think they are just trying to get rid of people that care at this point... Lol.

[–] Mogster@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago

What an amazingly hostile move. It's finally pushed me to delete the mobile app altogether.

[–] Chiara@feddit.it 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh wow, they're really digging themselves deep into that shithole

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[–] ilikedatsyuk@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Unbelievable. Hopefully this drives more users to the fediverse.

[–] ArcticCircleSystem@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago

You mean the app that a significant portion of Reddit absolutely hates? Good lord. ~Strawberry

[–] a_statistician@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can't you just change the browser's ID string and make it look like it's not a mobile browser?

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[–] biff@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago

It may be separate from the API issue, but the purpose is still the same: to monetize your eyeballs at the expense of everything else.

[–] sphere_au@reddthat.com 7 points 2 years ago

Tapping on a Reddit link from mobile has mostly been pretty similar to this already for me. They have had an issue with DDG mobile browser for ages, refused to show more than a page of content and kept prompting me to "get the app", which didn't seem to recognise my third-party Reddit app... So I just hit the back button. Just recently, oddly, I noticed it had started working, but I'm in the habit of ignoring Reddit links on mobile anyway now so almost never go there whether it works or not.

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