I use RSS to fetch reddit posts for subs that are not active in Lemmy.
Sometimes I need to read the comments so I’d view the post from safari. Today, I tried like 3 post and when click on view post, it would redirect me to the App Store.
When I decided to screenshot the page to make this post, it did show the post but would refuse like 1 out of 5 times.
That’s some really "spez"ial thinking process right here.
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Realize that Reddit needs more traffic and users ASAP
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Randomly block access to content
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???
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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?
I would nope out too.
I believe he wanted reddit to get traffic through the app to collect data and avoid ad blockers.
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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.
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.
It also means people trying to share posts with friends will have trouble. If someone sends me a link that insists I open in app I’ll either ask the sender to just screenshot it or pretend I looked.
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.
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.
Reminds me of one of the biggest fuckups another company that just rebranded had recently!
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.
Hoping that somebody with 5 billion dollars isn’t going to be paying attention to what’s really behind the numbers, even after all the loud noise that has been amplified and echoing for the past two months?
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’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.
Nice tip.
I don’t feel like browsing reddit anymore. I will look for forums or just stick with lemmy.
Who could’ve known that Reddit all along was a faceless corporation that makes horrible decisions!
Sink it safari extension helps with this.
Wow. I didn’t know such solution existed.
Thanks.
This happened with me on android via browser ! ( fennec )
spez being spez
