Reddit no longer allowing mobile users to browse on web

#1

Post by darth_avocado » Mon, Apr 27, 2026, 11:06 PM UTC

Reddit no longer allowing mobile users to browse on web
old.reddit.com

Re: Reddit no longer allowing mobile users to browse on web

#2

Post by vanessafridman6 » Mon, Apr 27, 2026, 11:13 PM UTC

[dead]

Re: Reddit no longer allowing mobile users to browse on web

#3

Post by benoau » Mon, Apr 27, 2026, 11:38 PM UTC

They're on a dark path, when I signed in using a different device (on the same home network) it triggered a total block on my account that required adding an email address.

Re: Reddit no longer allowing mobile users to browse on web

#4

Post by bigfatkitten » Mon, Apr 27, 2026, 11:42 PM UTC

old.reddit.com still works, but the day that site goes away is the day I stop using Reddit entirely.

Re: Reddit no longer allowing mobile users to browse on web

#5

Post by pnw_throwaway » Tue, Apr 28, 2026, 1:05 AM UTC

bigfatkitten wrote: post #4

old.reddit.com still works, but the day that site goes away is the day I stop using Reddit entirely.

Probably for the best. Quality is nonexistent vs a decade ago.

Re: Reddit no longer allowing mobile users to browse on web

#6

Post by egberts1 » Tue, Apr 28, 2026, 2:49 AM UTC

Enshitification of Reddit continues unabated.

Re: Reddit no longer allowing mobile users to browse on web

#7

Post by d3Xt3r » Tue, Apr 28, 2026, 4:29 AM UTC

This is pretty short-sighted, considering that there are mobile devices out there that do not have an official Reddit client, such as all the various Linux phones.

Re: Reddit no longer allowing mobile users to browse on web

#8

Post by d3Xt3r » Tue, Apr 28, 2026, 4:33 AM UTC

pnw_throwaway wrote: post #5

bigfatkitten wrote: post #4

old.reddit.com still works, but the day that site goes away is the day I stop using Reddit entirely.

Probably for the best. Quality is nonexistent vs a decade ago.

What's a good alternative though? I tried Lemmy a while back and whilst FLOSS communities there were pretty active, others not so much.

Only reason I use Reddit these days is for r/sysadmin and r/SCCM, lots of useful content there that saved my bacon on multiple ocassions - especially on Patch Tuesdays. Haven't seen this sort of active userbase and content posted anywhere else.

Re: Reddit no longer allowing mobile users to browse on web

#9

Post by bl4kers » Tue, Apr 28, 2026, 8:46 AM UTC

d3Xt3r wrote: post #8

pnw_throwaway wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Probably for the best. Quality is nonexistent vs a decade ago.

What's a good alternative though? I tried Lemmy a while back and whilst FLOSS communities there were pretty active, others not so much. Only reason I use Reddit these days is for r/sysadmin and r/SCCM, lots of useful content there that saved my bacon on multiple ocassions - especially on Patch Tuesdays. Haven't seen this sort of active userbase and content posted anywhere else.

I have Lemmy set to show best of the last 24 hours and there's always a page or two of posts. That's plenty enough for me

Re: Reddit no longer allowing mobile users to browse on web

#10

Post by zinekeller » Tue, Apr 28, 2026, 11:04 AM UTC

bl4kers wrote: post #9

d3Xt3r wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's a good alternative though? I tried Lemmy a while back and whilst FLOSS communities there were pretty active, others not so much. Only reason I use Reddit these days is for r/sysadmin and r/SCCM, lots of useful content there that saved my bacon on multiple ocassions - especially on Patch Tuesdays. Haven't seen this sort of active userbase and content posted anywhere else.

I have Lemmy set to show best of the last 24 hours and there's always a page or two of posts. That's plenty enough for me

Unless the GP post was edited after your response, you've basically ignored the whole second paragraph.