I'm pretty sure what you're describing is this long-standing bug[1] I've experienced only when using Mobile Safari on Reddit - affecting both old.reddit.com and the (horrible) modern Reddit. It just doesn't happen in other browsers/engines except on iOS. It's especially annoying on an iPad when I tend to use back/forward instead of open-in-new-tab-then-close on iPhone.

[1] At least, I hope it's a bug.

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jncraton 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

A bug that just coincidentally affects the only reddit visitors that are worth any money?

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embedding-shape 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Just like finally getting rid of r/all on mobile just happens to bury a bunch of political stuff reddit executives and their friends don't agree with

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100721 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Huh? I exclusively view r/all and its loading fine for me across all devices.

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embedding-shape 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Even manually typing reddit.com/r/all (or r/All, which was a workaround for a while) in the address bar on iOS Safari redirects you to reddit.com/. Since I'm guessing you're not browsing reddit.com, what client are you using?

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CDRdude an hour ago | parent [-]

This is available for me on iOS https://old.reddit.com/r/all/

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embedding-shape an hour ago | parent [-]

I'm not sure what exact device you're using, but on iPhone 12 Mini, old.reddit.com is borderline unusable, very different experience compared to if you could access r/all like before via the actually usable web+mobile version, a comparison: https://imgur.com/a/AVGjjCN

Anyways, the end result has been I don't use reddit at all on the phone, so kind of ended up being good for me anyways.

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alienbaby 34 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

It's perfectly fine and usable for me. More so than the app or the 'new' Reddit design. I exclusively use the old design.

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hacker161 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

“Borderline unusable” is such a hyperbolic way to describe a fully functional design that doesn’t happen to be responsive. Hacker News must be borderline unusable for you as well then, no?

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embedding-shape 26 minutes ago | parent [-]

> Hacker News must be borderline unusable for you as well then, no?

On my phone? Yes, absolutely, impossible to hit the links correctly even if I zoom in. Both old reddit and HN is "Fully functional" on desktop, agree, but far cry from "fully functional" on my arguably tiny iPhone.

	▲	nemomarx 6 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Is that a ios browser difference? I browse hn all the time on my android phone and I didn't think my screen was unusually big. Maybe they implement some different scaling?

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notatoad an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

https://www.theverge.com/tech/906314/reddit-r-all-deprecatin...

it's dead, per official comment from reddit.

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Ohmec 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You probably use old.reddit and a legacy app, right?

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Pay08 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Do you treat every iOS bug this way?

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radicality an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

For mobile Safari on iOS/iPad, the back button imo is just completely broken. It’s either a bug, or Apple might say I’m ‘holding it wrong’. One version it just stopped doing its one job correctly and it’s messing with my mental model of how I arrived at each tab. Currently:

Safari iOS: Be on a page, tap hold a link, click Open in new tab, go to new tab. The Back button should be grayed out and isn’t, and clicking it closes the tab. (???)

Chrome iOS: Be on a page, tap hold a link, click Open in new tab, go to new tab. Back button correctly grayed out as the tab has nowhere to go back to.