I don’t use Reddit anymore, but I wanted to search something that I couldn’t find anywhere. This is what I saw. After killing all the other apps, Reddit now is trying to force us to use their own spyware app.

  • zeppo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    5 months ago

    They’ve had this for a while. The cheat code is to change the url to old reddit.

  • unreasonabro@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    5 months ago

    no offense but who the fuck cares, you know what i mean? that shithole can enjoy the hell it has consigned itself to.

    • RedditWanderer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      5 months ago

      And like, why are people surprised it’s only getting worse? Of course it is, we knew long ago the removal of 3rd party app was the beginning of the master plan to monetize our communities.

  • pete_the_cat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    5 months ago

    I think what’s even more annoying is when you actually do use the app, every community you visit, it pops up a notification that says “turn on notifications so you don’t miss updates from this community!”

  • rdri@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    5 months ago

    Love the absence of logic in these messages. Next time it’ll be “pay $2 to continue” or “do a barrel roll to continue”.

  • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    19·
    5 months ago

    On android, I would recommend using Stealth or Geddit to browse reddit. Stealth has a mode where it scrapes old.reddit.com (and bypasses the API), and Geddit uses the RSS feed to pull content instead of API.

    Downside is neither app will let you interact, but I don’t have any desire to generate content for reddit anyways.

  • repungnant_canary@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    5 months ago

    I know it has nothing to do with protecting the users, but how exactly is the app supposed to make viewing unreviewed content safer?

    • Persen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      5 months ago

      This doesn’t work anymore. I just refresh it and stop somewhere in the middle and it sometimes works.

      • InvaderDJ@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        5 months ago

        Old Reddit works for me. Does it just not work in general for you, or does it not work when not logged into an account?

        • Persen@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          5 months ago

          Well, I think the link structure changed. If I add old to the url, the page doesn’t even work, but the homepage does.

          • InvaderDJ@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            5 months ago

            Interesting. I’ll have to test it when I get home. I’m always signed in and I use RES so could be some other factors causing it to not be a problem for me.

          • InvaderDJ@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            4 months ago

            Did you get a browser error when trying this? It might be because you left the www in the URL. I had to remove that and replace it with old, and it works. The rest of the link structure is the same on both old and new reddit. I even tried it from a VPN just to be sure it wasn’t seeing my logged in cookies, and in a private browsing window where RES isn’t allowed to run. Worked fine.

    • Shadowq8@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      any idea how reddit keeps banning my alt accounts ? I am suspecting chrome broswser is complicit.

  • EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    13·
    5 months ago

    Oh no! Our poor sensitive little eyes might be offended by something we see! I need a nanny-state to go through everything I have access to so I don’t get confused!

  • ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    5 months ago

    All I’m gonna say is I’ve been using my banned account and I can still browse any sub.

    I literally can’t interact in any way but can still see every post.