Social network Reddit recently began blocking mobile visitors to its website while pushing them to download the official Reddit app, and it's fair to say that the move is not going down well with users. If you visit reddit.com on your iPhone today, you may see a new popup that can't be dismissed, asking you to "get the app to keep using Reddit." A Reddit spokesperson told Ars Technica that it was "a test for a small subset of frequent logged-out mobile users that prompts them to download the app after visiting the site." They continued: "These users are already familiar with Reddit and we've seen that the experience is much better for them in the app. The app offers a more personalized experience and users can more easily find communities that match their interests." Users have since taken to subreddits like r/bugs and r/help to voice their displeasure at being blocked out of the website on mobile. "Are my days of anonymously browsing over?" asked one user. Futurism 's Victor Tangermann wrote about the aggressive ad last week, suggesting the change was the latest indication of the platform's "enshittification" – a neologism coined by author Cory Doctorow that describes tech companies deliberately degrading their services in order to maximize profit. Despite consistent user growth and 121 million daily active users, Reddit has struggled to find a path to monetization since it went public on the stock exchange two years ago. The site's principal revenue is advertising, which explains the push to log users into its mobile app, where it can consistently track their activity. In 2024, the company also signed a controversial contract with OpenAI that allowed the ChatGPT maker to train its AI models on user-submitted posts. (It's currently in legal battles with Perplexity and Anthropic over alleged unlawful use of its data.) Over half the population of the U.S. visits Reddit each week, according to the Financial Times , but most of that discovery comes from Google searches, which suggests the so-called "front page of the internet" is walking a tightrope between monetizing interactions and stifling engagement growth. I am not really a Reddit user. However, from time to time I am checking few subreddits, like r/Monero, on my mobile device. But it seems like this is over now, since Reddit decided to not let me use their website anymore: "Get the app to keep using Reddit", it now says. No way... pic.twitter.com/UuTd6FIwpu — CR1337 (@CR1337) May 6, 2026 It's not the first time Reddit has alienated some of its users. In 2023, it stopped letting users opt out of ad personalization . Then again in the same year, ahead of its IPO, the company started charging developers for accessing its API, which led to the shutdown of several popular Reddit clients , including Apollo. Tag: Reddit This article, " Reddit Starts Blocking Mobile Website, Pushing Users to App Instead " first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
Apple hasn't fully abandoned the Vision Pro, but anyone hoping for a successor will be waiting at least two more years, according to Bloomberg 's Mark Gurman. Writing in his latest Power On newsletter , Gurman resisted suggestions that Apple has walked away from the headset entirely. The well-connected reporter says the company continues to develop new technologies and materials behind the scenes with the goal of eventually producing a cheaper, lighter enclosed headset. That said, no such product is apparently in active development, and the long-rumored "Vision Air" was canceled last year . If a new Vision Pro-style device does materialize, Gurman says he wouldn't expect it for "around two more years at least," given that the bulk of Apple's mixed-reality hardware talent has been pulled onto other projects like lightweight smart glasses . Indeed, Apple's smart glasses project is now the focus, and former Vision Products Group members have been reassigned to that team, as well as shoring up its Siri chatbot development, not to mention other AI wearables such as the AirPods with cameras and a planned AI pendant. The Vision Pro's troubled retail launch was recently extensively covered in a book by New York Times labor reporter Noam Scheiber, who argues that Apple's decade-long erosion of its retail workforce directly contributed to the disappointing launch of the $3,499 headset. Apple refreshed the Vision Pro in October 2025 with an updated model featuring an M5 chip. Related Roundup: Apple Vision Pro Tag: Mark Gurman Buyer's Guide: Vision Pro (Buy Now) Related Forum: Apple Vision Pro This article, " Gurman: New Apple Vision Pro Won't Arrive for at Least Two Years " first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums
The Apple Watch won't be getting any extra biometric security measures anytime soon, because it's an engineering nightmare. Apple Watch SE Like other Apple products, there are security measures in place on the Apple Watch to make sure only the owner can use it. However, while it is one of the few Apple products to not include biometric security, it's going to be that way for a long time. In a Monday post to Weibo , serial leaker Instant Digital denounces apparent rumors of Apple bringing some form of biometric security to the Apple Watch as pure speculation. Rumor Score: 🤯 Likely Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
