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0 pointslayer82y ago0 comments

Mobile includes mobile web browsers.

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You cant use reddit website on mobile. It will force you to install the app to view most subreddits

This is false. I only browse reddit in the browser version on my phone. It annoys you all the time to install their app, but you can read and post perfectly fine.

housemusicfan2y ago

Your rebuttal is false and the parent is accurate. Reddit will throw up a full screen interstitial on most popular subreddits preventing even viewing and redirect you to download the app. This is on the mobile (not old.reddit desktop-only) site. Their UX is shite and full of dark patterns.

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ncann2y ago

If you use a browser that supports uBlock (e.g. Firefox or Kiwi) you can easily block the app advertisement as well.

throwmeaway12122y ago

I use it all the time on my phone old.reddit.com

seesaw2y ago

The only way I use is through old.reddit.com. I won’t be going there if that is shutdown.

Hikikomori2y ago

Not forced, if you are logged in. You'll get notified to install it but you can click it away.

HDThoreaun2y ago

It's possible, they just make it as annoying and difficult as possible.

opello2y ago

Works in Firefox on Android without logging in or using old. for me.

ewankenobi2y ago

You can on old.reddit.com. Their redesign was so unpopular with users they agreed to keep supporting the old design which doesn't nag you into downloading the app.

NSMutableSet2y ago

old.reddit.com is primarily kept around because the majority of moderators use it.

matheusmoreira2y ago

You absolutely can. Old reddit still works.

mattl2y ago

And .compact is gone

Sharlin2y ago

And I can guarantee that there are approximately five people using Reddit via a browser on mobile. Mobile means the app, to a precision of two or three significant digits.

silisili2y ago

As one of the five, I didn't believe this so went trying to determine more realistic numbers.

Per the link below, mobile web is anywhere from 15 to 60% of mobile traffic. Reddit isn't listed, and it's 4 years old, so who knows, but I'd imagine it falls somewhere in the same range, probably closer to the lower end?

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1019768/us-retailers-app...

tootie2y ago

I'd wager you're completely wrong. Reddit at this point gets a ton of traffic from search. Remember the old 90/9/1 rule. 90% of users are just browsing cat pictures and are eyeball fodder for ads.

atdrummond2y ago

I use old.reddit on my mobile browser.

The app sucks.

fsckboy2y ago

old.reddit is starting to come apart at the seams, tho. (maybe it's because r/subs don't keep the style sheets up to date or something? i dunno) in many cases you can't up or downvote, there's no search button, there's no sidebar with the flair and the rules/mods, etc.

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quickthrowman2y ago

I am one of the five. I use the Reddit website on iOS Safari and have for years. I only read one subreddit, so my usage pattern may be different than a normal reddit user. The only thing that annoys me is the ever persistent ‘website or app’ modal dialogue but I’m used to it now.

I try to use mobile websites instead of apps because I feel like the tracking data a company can get from a web browser is less granular than app tracking data.

lapcat2y ago

> And I can guarantee that there are approximately five people using Reddit via a browser on mobile.

Apparently all five of them use my little web browser extension with Reddit-specific features, requested by users.

But I can guarantee that your estimate is totally wrong.

cyberax2y ago

Wrong. Their mobile crapp is well, crap. That's why they try to shove it up everybody's arse with the "Open this page in our app" blurbs.

layer8OP2y ago

I’m one of those five people then. Very casual use, but that’s probably the large majority of Reddit users.

Sharlin2y ago

I'd wager that most Reddit users these days, casual or not, are only dimly aware that the platform even exists as a website. Or at least a large plurality.

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sroussey2y ago

I’m one of those five as well. I have the Reddit app but still use mobile web.

seized2y ago

Using Reddit via browser here, never used an app for it yet as I like tabs.

sebastiansm2y ago

Another web browser mobile here.

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arianvanp2y ago

You cant use reddit website on mobile. It will force you to install the app to view most subreddits

t-sauer2y ago

This is false. I only browse reddit in the browser version on my phone. It annoys you all the time to install their app, but you can read and post perfectly fine.

housemusicfan2y ago

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ncann2y ago

If you use a browser that supports uBlock (e.g. Firefox or Kiwi) you can easily block the app advertisement as well.

throwmeaway12122y ago

I use it all the time on my phone old.reddit.com

seesaw2y ago

The only way I use is through old.reddit.com. I won’t be going there if that is shutdown.

Hikikomori2y ago

Not forced, if you are logged in. You'll get notified to install it but you can click it away.

HDThoreaun2y ago

It's possible, they just make it as annoying and difficult as possible.

opello2y ago

Works in Firefox on Android without logging in or using old. for me.

ewankenobi2y ago

You can on old.reddit.com. Their redesign was so unpopular with users they agreed to keep supporting the old design which doesn't nag you into downloading the app.

NSMutableSet2y ago

old.reddit.com is primarily kept around because the majority of moderators use it.

matheusmoreira2y ago

You absolutely can. Old reddit still works.

mattl2y ago

And .compact is gone

Sharlin2y ago

And I can guarantee that there are approximately five people using Reddit via a browser on mobile. Mobile means the app, to a precision of two or three significant digits.

silisili2y ago

As one of the five, I didn't believe this so went trying to determine more realistic numbers.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1019768/us-retailers-app...

tootie2y ago

I'd wager you're completely wrong. Reddit at this point gets a ton of traffic from search. Remember the old 90/9/1 rule. 90% of users are just browsing cat pictures and are eyeball fodder for ads.

atdrummond2y ago

I use old.reddit on my mobile browser.

The app sucks.

fsckboy2y ago

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quickthrowman2y ago

I try to use mobile websites instead of apps because I feel like the tracking data a company can get from a web browser is less granular than app tracking data.

lapcat2y ago

> And I can guarantee that there are approximately five people using Reddit via a browser on mobile.

Apparently all five of them use my little web browser extension with Reddit-specific features, requested by users.

But I can guarantee that your estimate is totally wrong.

cyberax2y ago

Wrong. Their mobile crapp is well, crap. That's why they try to shove it up everybody's arse with the "Open this page in our app" blurbs.

layer8OP2y ago

I’m one of those five people then. Very casual use, but that’s probably the large majority of Reddit users.

Sharlin2y ago

I'd wager that most Reddit users these days, casual or not, are only dimly aware that the platform even exists as a website. Or at least a large plurality.

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sroussey2y ago

I’m one of those five as well. I have the Reddit app but still use mobile web.

seized2y ago

Using Reddit via browser here, never used an app for it yet as I like tabs.

sebastiansm2y ago

Another web browser mobile here.

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