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People are reporting that Reddit is restricting access to its mobile website, apparently as part of efforts to push users toward downloading and using the app. Coverage ranges from a reported mobile block test to firsthand accounts of being prevented from visiting the mobile site.

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Key Takeaway Reddit appears to be experimenting with blocking its mobile website so users switch to the mobile app.
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Reddit appears to be experimenting with blocking its mobile website so users switch to the mobile app.

People are reporting that Reddit is restricting access to its mobile website, apparently as part of efforts to push users toward downloading and using the app. Coverage ranges from a reported mobile block test to firsthand accounts of being prevented from visiting the mobile site.

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Ars Technica · 20d ago
Why Reddit blocked my daily visit to its mobile website

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behavior Blocking mobile web to force app downloads
user report Daily visits to the mobile website were blocked

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  • Follow r/privacy for updates on Reddit’s mobile web blocking tests and any app-download prompting changes. Ars Technica

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