I choose to believe this is 100% in response to the guy that made the iOS Safari extension yesterday that blocks all the nagging about logging in or downloading the app
Most people interact with the site through a mobile device, so if they force you to switch to the app, not only do they not have to maintain a mobile interface, but you can't use a browser based ad blocker.
Ah so this is how they’ll kill old Reddit. “We’re just running an A/B test” (spoiler: all users are on track B). “You’ll regain access at the end of the experiment” (spoiler: indefinite experiment)
I have to say, Reddit’s death at the hand of spez and Twitter’s demise at the hands of Musk have to be two of the most egregious stories of corporate mismanagement in recent years.
And I doubt this is adhering to the beta opt-in setting. Instead of making an app that people actually WANT to use, they create all this bullshit to FORCE people to use it. Really reminds me of those predatory FOMO tactics that a lot of online games nowadays use to keep users return to the game, or even pay for it, like battlepasses. I don't understand why companies have to be dirty like that, instead of just convincing people through offering a great product? I guess for every old user / player that goes, there's a bunch of new ones that come in that are completely unaware of how good things used to be.
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