• mekhos
    11·
    3 years ago

    Switch to “desktop mode” This is the shit that started me looking for alternative, its just sooooo pushy

    • hendrik
      2·
      3 years ago

      yes. however, you can still log in and then it won’t do this.

      • MerchantsOfMisery
        2·
        3 years ago

        I’ll pass. My reddit account got permabanned for saying that the cop who killed Daniel Shaver deserves to die. If that’s worth a permaban but the numerous subreddits filled with bigotry can stay up on reddit, then I’m fine not having an account or using the site anymore.

    • sexy_peach@feddit.deOP
      5·
      3 years ago

      They have way more tracking and advertising options on an app and it’s harder to adblock there…

      Also apps can stay active in the background etc, users just have way less control. Especially casual users will just let the apps have camera and microphone rights and whatever.

    • mekhos
      4·
      3 years ago

      You gotta vote by leaving those platforms; It doesnt matter if you get the app, they are going down the “mine engagement data while we drive engagement” path and it leads nowhere good.

    • testingthis
      7·
      3 years ago

      The old version is still much better… there’s a browser extension that does the redirect automatically

    • ree
      2·
      3 years ago

      I’ve installed an opensource reddit app to bypass to annoying limitations and tracking when needed. Also it load 100x faster.

      Redreader, 10mo of storage. Worth it.

  • const_void
    7·
    3 years ago

    You can always use a libreddit instance. Change reddit.com in the URL to libredd.it. I have a local instance and use the Privacy Redirect extension to make Google search results use my local instance instead of the actual site.

  • abbenm
    7·
    3 years ago

    People are saying they all have seen this but… I’m on reddit mobile all the time and this is new to me. At least this way of doing it.

    What I normally see is “reddit is better in the app” and two buttons, asking you to try the app or if you want to stay in the browser. It was presented kind of as a choice. Now it looks like a demand!

    • sexy_peach@feddit.deOP
      3·
      3 years ago

      Yeah I always just see that as well. But I am logged in, this isn’t shown to people who are logged in.

    • BrownNote
      3·
      3 years ago

      I used to see that, but now I’m seeing what OP shared.

  • fleurc
    4·
    3 years ago

    There’s a great reddit app alternative called Stealth, you won’t need to log in and you can see the content you want to see, you may download it from F-Droid

  • k_o_tM
    4·
    3 years ago

    thank you reddit for singlehandedly curing my reddit addiction with their awful redesigns lmao 🙏🙏

    • sexy_peach@feddit.deOP
      2·
      3 years ago

      I am not looking for a solution, but just want to teach people that this kind if anti-feature is what you get from for-profit enterprises.

  • sgtnasty
    11·
    3 years ago

    im here cause I hate reddit, and all i see are posts about reddit -> why?