I know its easier than ever to dunk on how terrible reddit has gotten, but honestly? What is this? How is is safer to deliver this content to kids viewing reddit on a tablet or PC or in the app? Why even create the bs excuse?
They could just have easily told the truth an displayed a message like “Content is limited. Open in the app to view.” It’s still a jerk move, but at a minimum its honest.
And it seems like because of the content deal they got https://www.businessinsider.com/why-reddit-is-taking-over-google-right-now-2024-4
I was preferring the scenario where reddit wanted to block Google because “they don’t need the visits” https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/20/23925504/reddit-deny-force-log-in-see-posts-ai-companies-deals