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LifeLikeLady ,
@LifeLikeLady@lemmy.world avatar

I pay the developer of Now for Reddit on Android $3.99 a month and it still works. Fuck reddit.

Ghostalmedia ,
@Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world avatar

To be fair, you’re not paying the developer. You’re paying the developer to pay Reddit.

FartsWithAnAccent ,
@FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io avatar

Yeah, Ghostal is right: You're paying reddit.

moon ,

Fuck Reddit, yet you're directly giving them money and supporting this.

forrgott ,

I just switch to desktop mode and never had any problem...

Semi-Hemi-Demigod ,
@Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social avatar

They're boosting their sign up numbers by putting porn behind it. I bet it's not even that racy, they just know that humans are motivated by something potentially titillating

bolexforsoup , (edited )

sadfsdfasfasf

applepie ,

That's prolly next on chopping block.

They recently blocked logins via old.reddit

henfredemars ,

They are testing. I’ve seen the option vanish and reappear over the past week.

applepie ,

my set up won't let me login via normal webpage, and i aint changing that. so fuck 'em

looks like my set up is working properly at blocking google etc verification on login.

it is fucking disgusting how my login must be verified by all mega corps nowadays.

reminds of that meme with white chick on couch and 5 black dudes... take this verification BBC peasant.

DarkThoughts ,

I have 0 doubt that they eventually shut old.reddit down, or they make it so unusable that it doesn't make a difference anymore if they did. Probably with some extensive regretful apology letter about how hard it became for the team to maintain, something about the future of Reddit moving forward and blah blah blah...

CosmicCleric ,
@CosmicCleric@lemmy.world avatar

Don't think of it as them being unprofessional, think of it as them having a safety valve to relieve the pressure of some people wanting to leave Reddit for Lemmy or elsewhere, because of their bs.

Someday, when they're confident enough that they have customer retention locked in, that methodology of bypassing will be removed.

Anti Commercial-AI license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

Zorsith ,
@Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Or just going to "view desktop site" for mobile browsers.

LainTrain ,

That still brings up the warning, but you can click past it

kinsnik ,

the thing is, the one and only purpose of this dialog is to increase metrics of engagement, like how many users download the app. they don't need to convert every mobile web user to an app user immediately. as long as that dialog is driving the engagement metrics apps, it is doing its work correctly. obviously at some point there will stop increasing engagement, so the middle managers will turn and try to squeeze a bit more by removing the loopholes, but it is not an urgent problem. it even might be intentional so they can squeeze a bit more later

the one that i am surprised at how bad it is is Twitter, that is still hosted at twitter.com . even going to x.com just redirects to twitter.com . i assume that there's some major engineering problem that is preventing them from switching, but still, it has been almost 10 months and the clown at chief really pushed for the rebranding

Bezier ,
@Bezier@suppo.fi avatar

I'm sure they know and don't care. The gain in app installs from the users of this workaround would be nonexistent.

SatansMaggotyCumFart ,

Are they just trying to divert as much traffic as possible through their app?

scrubbles ,
@scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech avatar

Yeah, there is 0 way that reddit reviews even 10% of of the content, probably even 5%, if even that. There's just no way. This is just a scare tactic to get you into their walled garden, to download their app, sign you up, and become a metric.

NeonWoofGenesis ,
@NeonWoofGenesis@l.henlo.fi avatar

Yep, why would the subreddit be safer inside their own app xD

SatansMaggotyCumFart ,

Can apps access your photos?

officermike ,

If you give them permissions. Speaking from Android. Don't know how iOS works.

henfredemars ,

iOS is the same way. The user needs to grant access to photos.

Delphia ,

So people cant access "unrated" 18+ content they found on Google and then have people get mad that the content was NSFW or restricted.

Its essentially a "We dont know what your going to find here and dont want lawsuits" protection.

A_Very_Big_Fan ,

It'd be nice if Google unlisted links that bring you to "install our app or you get nothing" pages

pewgar_seemsimandroid ,

why google?

A_Very_Big_Fan ,

It's what all the normies use. If they lose a major source of traffic over it, they might stop doing it.

pewgar_seemsimandroid ,

google search is mostly shit without a private frontend like startpage (shut up bot, i know they're owned by an advertising company)

Norodix ,

That is exacly what they try to achieve, satansmaggotycumfart.

SatansMaggotyCumFart ,

But why?

Do they somehow get more personal data that way?

I thought closing access to the API was for my own protection!

lemmyng ,
@lemmyng@lemmy.ca avatar

Yep, if you request the desktop version you don't get that redirect.

johannesvanderwhales ,

Yep. Reddit has gone full corporate.

zeppo ,
@zeppo@lemmy.world avatar

They’ve had this for a while. The cheat code is to change the url to old reddit.

natecox ,
@natecox@programming.dev avatar

Or just “request desktop website”.

BirdyBoogleBop ,

Old.reddit.com

It will get rid of that

ThePyroPython ,

I am not going to like the day they remove that.

bolexforsoup , (edited )

sadfsdfasfasf

ThePyroPython ,

I have, I just use it to view Reddit without an account.

FutileRecipe ,

I have left, I just view Reddit...

So you haven't left Reddit. Like saying you left Google but still Google search without logging in.

ChaoticNeutralCzech ,
  • Do you think developers have any say in this?
  • They have Reddit Premium for free, and most likely an internal version too.
DarkThoughts ,

https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib
There's some redirect browser addons like LibRedirect that can automatically redirect you to redlib instances.

Alk ,

Highly recommend this. It takes some time setting a default instance that isn't down or broken for some sites but worth it.

DarkThoughts ,

Some sites seem to just be broken and the only option from what I can tell but it certainly worked well for Reddit. Just had to filter out the specific instances that don't allow for NSFW posts at all.

LucifersCircle ,

From the readme in the link there’s a redlib instance uptime list. Can use one with 99% uptime if you’re having trouble finding a good one!

https://stats.uptimerobot.com/mpmqAs1G2Q/

DarkThoughts ,

The addon I mentioned can ping instances and you can then add or remove them accordingly.

sp6 ,

Unfortunately they block old reddit for VPN users now

CyanFen ,

That's not true, at least not for all vpns

best_username_ever ,

It’s random actually and (I guess) it depends on your IP du jour.

johannesvanderwhales ,

I think they're doing it for logged out users. If you're logged into an account, you're fine.

Patquip ,

Gotta shuffle VPN servers until you find one that works.

tyrant ,

I haven't found one that works for a little bit

SirSamuel ,

I pay for Proton and the non-free servers generally work, although some have been blocked.

Eventually I'll treat Reddit like Pinterest, either blocking it entirely from search results, or using FF add-ons to bypass all the cruft laid over the website

InvaderDJ ,

Private Internet Access works for me. Just tested logged out in an incognito mode tab.

lemmyng ,
@lemmyng@lemmy.ca avatar

Or just request the desktop version.

moosetwin ,
@moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

is there any firefox extensions/userscripts to make it more tolerable on mobile? the buttons are always way too small.

LittleTarsier ,

I use "Desktop site" mode and just zoom in lol

deweydecibel ,

Yes, actually. Look up Oldlander addon for Firefox.

It's new and kinda of rough but it definitely helps.

johannesvanderwhales ,

There's a beta of RES for mobile now, but I haven't tried it yet. I mostly use lemmy instead on mobile (but it's not really the same thing).

Interstellar_1 ,
@Interstellar_1@pawb.social avatar

Rdx.overdevs.com is another mobile frontend that works well

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