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It's by design. Reddit doesn't want you using the website. They want you to download the app. As numerous annoying popups and notifications will tell you when visiting the website (especially on mobile).



This. Their UX is hostile to browsers, I suppose they make more money due to ads being harder to block in app vs in browser and much more data can be mined as well.

I recommend everyone the old.reddit.com experience while it's still available. There's browser plug-ins that force the subdomain everywhere on reddit


Yeah they sure are driving me to the app. The Apollo app that is.




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