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.
What were they thinking doing this experiment in the heat of the third-party app protest?? Are they trying to aim for their foot?
They are trying to force users into their app is what they were thinking.
Yeah I know. Just the worst execution I’ve seen. The protest is literally on the news, supposed to send the message to others of how horrifically bad their app is. So they really couldn’t pick a worse time to run this experiment. Even from a business standpoint - completely void of ethics - they screwed up. I feel like they have no clue what they’re doing and they know it, but run with it anyways cause ¯_(ツ)_/¯
We’ll have to see whether the average user pays attention to any of this, or not.
Either way, pushing away the hardcore crowd will hurt them long term.
I wouldn’t say user, since there’s a good chunk of people who rely on reddit for the answers of their google search questions. But yeah, you have a point.
Google is pretty useless now. I do the same really, search reddit, and duckduckgo.
You, uh… dropped a backslash there. Here’s an extra one for you: \
Jokes on them. Their app is unusable so even if I wanted to switch, I couldn’t do it. It’s so bloated and the layout and formatting make it impossible for me to read with my vision problems.
The post is a month old. While discussions about the API were ramping up a month ago, this was before the protest started to fully get organized.
Given how long ago this experiment was, it really recontextualizes their current stance. They are moving to eliminate all access to their site that isn’t the official app.