{"generated_at":"2026-11-12T18:49:25.763Z","source":{"name":"Hacker News public API","url":"https://github.com/HackerNews/API","attribution":"Stories and comments are public Hacker News submissions by their respective authors. HackerHub is an independent reader, not affiliated with Y Combinator.","content_is_untrusted":true},"story":{"id":50451569,"type":"story","title":"Why does Reddit want me to use the iOS app on my desktop?","url":null,"hn_url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50451569","hackerhub_url":"https://hackerhub.site/stories/50451569","author":"corroclaro","points":9,"comments_count":5,"created_at":"2026-11-11T09:58:39.000Z","average_comments_per_hour":0.1522240401625054,"heat":null,"text":"So, this clearly can't be the intended use case: I can no longer browse reddit, even logged in, from my Linux PC (x64,chromium browser) without getting a pop-up that fades out half the page, disables my scrollbar and links me to the Apple app store (I have not owned an Apple device since the last iPod touch).\n\"Reddit app icon\nEditors’ Choice\nGet the best of Reddit in the app\nPersonalize your feed, discover more of what you like, and join your favorite communities.\"\nDoes anyone know what the reddit team was thinking? Is it the final push to make this a mobile-only social media platform with complete lock-in? Heck, even Meta lets me use a real browser to visit their walled garden.\nbizarre.\nAre there any real alternatives to Reddit?"},"heat_definition":"Average comments per hour since posting, using a minimum age of 30 minutes. A single story has no relative colour rank."}