Help…did Reddit just destroy mobile browser access, or am I missing a setting?
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It looks like you’re part of one of our experiments. The logged-in mobile web experience is currently unavailable for a portion of users. To...

As quoted from the linked post.

It looks like you’re part of one of our experiments. The logged-in mobile web experience is currently unavailable for a portion of users. To access the site you can log on via desktop, the mobile apps, or wait for the experiment to conclude.

This is separate from the API issue. This will actually BLOCK you from even viewing reddit on your phone without using the official app.

Archive.org link in case the post is removed.

https://web.archive.org/web/20230611224026/https://old.reddit.com/r/help/comments/135tly1/helpdid_reddit_just_destroy_mobile_browser_access/jim40zg/

  • @reka@beehaw.org
    0•2 years ago

    That’s definitely not the crime here, loads of platforms AB test user reactions to changes

    • giddy
      1•2 years ago

      Rolling out a new feature to a subset of users is fine. This is removing basic functionality from those users

    • Sentient Loom
      0•2 years ago

      AB testing whether the site works at all is not the same as AB testing a new feature. It’s a ridiculous thing to do.

      • @flibbertigibbet@feddit.de
        0•2 years ago

        No this is something big companies do all the time to test how well it does with a subset of customers before rolling it out fully.

        • Sentient Loom
          0•2 years ago

          They test new features on subsets of customers. “Blocking the entire web app” is not a feature.