cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 1 year agoTIL that 70% of US traffic on reddit is from users on a mobile device.www.semrush.comexternal-linkmessage-square144fedilinkarrow-up1861
arrow-up1861external-linkTIL that 70% of US traffic on reddit is from users on a mobile device.www.semrush.comcantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 1 year agomessage-square144fedilink
minus-squareadriaan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up42·1 year agoAren’t they also pushing changes to have mobile browsers redirect to the app with no option for staying in the browser?
minus-squareRusty@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agoYou can just enable “desktop site” checkbook in your mobile browser, it would send non-mobile user agent to the server. That’s the only way a server can detect a mobile browser.
minus-squareadriaan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoWhile that’s an option the desktop site is barely navigable on a desktop let alone on a mobile device
minus-squarekilkil2@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoold.reddit.com is still an option, for now at least. But honestly? I’m going to stick to lemmy as much as I can.
minus-squaredrsoran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoold.reddit.com sucks on a phone though. It’s very difficult to navigate without zooming in and out all the time to click on links.
minus-squarelobut@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoFelt like they were doing that for a while. It’s why I went on Boost. I refused to be pushed onto their mobile app.
minus-squaredom@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up19·1 year agoIt could stop you from using the browser altogether and point you to the app.
minus-squareDuckGuy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoThat’s what they’re currently testing out, yes.
minus-squareglockenspiel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 year agoIt will, actually.Reddit has been testing forced app usage via blocking mobile browsers entirely, like Pinterest does, for around 2.5 weeks.
minus-squareFirmRip@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoWhat an unnecessarily user-hostile move. No wonder they’re going to implement it.
Aren’t they also pushing changes to have mobile browsers redirect to the app with no option for staying in the browser?
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You can just enable “desktop site” checkbook in your mobile browser, it would send non-mobile user agent to the server. That’s the only way a server can detect a mobile browser.
While that’s an option the desktop site is barely navigable on a desktop let alone on a mobile device
old.reddit.com is still an option, for now at least.
But honestly? I’m going to stick to lemmy as much as I can.
old.reddit.com sucks on a phone though. It’s very difficult to navigate without zooming in and out all the time to click on links.
Felt like they were doing that for a while. It’s why I went on Boost. I refused to be pushed onto their mobile app.
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It could stop you from using the browser altogether and point you to the app.
That’s what they’re currently testing out, yes.
It will, actually.Reddit has been testing forced app usage via blocking mobile browsers entirely, like Pinterest does, for around 2.5 weeks.
What an unnecessarily user-hostile move. No wonder they’re going to implement it.