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Reddit experimenting with blocking mobile browsers (old.reddit.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by lynny@lemmy.world to c/technology

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As quoted from the linked post.

It looks like you’re part of one of our experiments. The logged-in mobile web experience is currently unavailable for a portion of users. To access the site you can log on via desktop, the mobile apps, or wait for the experiment to conclude.

This is separate from the API issue. This will actually BLOCK you from even viewing reddit on your phone without using the official app.

Archive.org link in case the post is removed.

https://web.archive.org/web/20230611224026/https://old.reddit.com/r/help/comments/135tly1/helpdid_reddit_just_destroy_mobile_browser_access/jim40zg/

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[–] giddy@lemmy.perthchat.org 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Experimenting on their own users...

[–] reka 40 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That's definitely not the crime here, loads of platforms AB test user reactions to changes

[–] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

AB testing whether the site works at all is not the same as AB testing a new feature. It's a ridiculous thing to do.

[–] flibbertigibbet@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No this is something big companies do all the time to test how well it does with a subset of customers before rolling it out fully.

[–] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They test new features on subsets of customers. "Blocking the entire web app" is not a feature.

[–] flibbertigibbet@feddit.de 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You clearly are not /u/spez

[–] Limeade 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Next up will be "buy our loot boxes to get awards, up votes, and down votes for the day! 🤑"

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Micropayments to access individual subreddits?

[–] Limeade 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, paywalls for all the popular stuff. "You've reached your limit of r/aww for the month. Please subscribe to see more soft, fuzzy animals. In the meantime, check out our free promoted subreddit of the month, r/NestleistheBest"

[–] EonNShadow@pawb.social 6 points 1 year ago

Shout-out to the 10+ ad test that yt did a few months ago

[–] giddy@lemmy.perthchat.org 4 points 1 year ago

Rolling out a new feature to a subset of users is fine. This is removing basic functionality from those users

[–] Jako301@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Testing changes on a few users is a common thing and a good practice to see the general acceptance of changes. Its what you should be doing.

[–] giddy@lemmy.perthchat.org 4 points 1 year ago

Rolling out a new feature to a subset of users is fine. This is removing basic functionality from those users

[–] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What changes exactly were they testing?

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How easy it is for users to circumvent their blocking most likely.

[–] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I wonder if the AB values are stored in a cookie...