orientalsniper@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.world · edit-22 years agoReddit had/has a plan to block mobile browsers in favor of their appmessage-squaremessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up115arrow-down1message-squareReddit had/has a plan to block mobile browsers in favor of their apporientalsniper@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.world · edit-22 years agomessage-square53fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarezeppo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoTo force people to use their app, of course. Facebook did that several years ago with Messenger. There’s no real reason to not have mobile browser access to it other than to try to make people use the app so it can spy on you in various ways.
minus-squareKbin_space_program@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoSeveral years: like going on 15 years ago. Fuck we’re old.
minus-squarezeppo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoWas it that long ago? I thought they locked it down about 7-8 years back. I don’t know, I would just use mbasic .facebook. com when I had to.
minus-squareKbin_space_program@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoI know it was before the 2010 Olympics at least, because they shut it off while I was dating someone I broke up with before that.
To force people to use their app, of course. Facebook did that several years ago with Messenger. There’s no real reason to not have mobile browser access to it other than to try to make people use the app so it can spy on you in various ways.
Several years: like going on 15 years ago.
Fuck we’re old.
Was it that long ago? I thought they locked it down about 7-8 years back. I don’t know, I would just use mbasic .facebook. com when I had to.
I know it was before the 2010 Olympics at least, because they shut it off while I was dating someone I broke up with before that.