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Reddit Starts Blocking Mobile Website, Pushing Users to App Instead
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this post was submitted on 11 May 2026
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Not at all. I'm comparing the vast majority that only consume to a small minority that actually interact and provide the content that others consume. Without that minority all that would be left is bot comments.
Reddit pushes an ad and tracking infested app to make money off the consumers while doing the minimum to keep the content submitters on the site even if they make no money off them. I wouldn't be surprised if old reddit was a couple percent of users but 25% of the comments that aren't bots.
I would like to agree that most of the original contributions on Reddit today come from people who use old Reddit.
I know this because while I have not had an account there for a while; when I was there, I networked with others to know trends of how they connected
I don’t think this preference has changed , and probably even more use old now