Tell HN: Get the app to keep using Reddit

4 points by sippingabonedry 27d ago ↗ HN

Reddit is A/B testing completely blocking mobile browsers with interstitials you can't dismiss.

This should be a case study in how to drive your company into the ground.

3 comments

[ 32.3 ms ] story [ 56.7 ms ] thread

Don't want to spam every thread, but leaving a link here in case you're interested in a "Reddit-a-like that doesn't do the things that Reddit does" [1]

1:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49918984

spottedmarley 27d ago ↗

Reddit didn't suck for about 1-2 years when it launched. Then it began sucking. I haven't looked at it in about that long but Im sure by now it is 100% suck. Just leave it.

akellermann 27d ago ↗

On mobile Safari you can use the "Hide Distracting Items" and click on the popup and the following gradient block to block the two items. You can then continue using it as normal. It's an annoying workaround, but I use it when I need to check on a post. Hopefully they ditch this approach, I think it's a bad example for other apps to follow.