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".
Stopped using reddit years ago.
Never once used WhatsApp, and refuse to.
Same with a bunch of other social media sites.
YouTube - only use it to download high quality Vida using other tools, like Grayjay, Newpipe, and YT-DL.
Depending on where you live, doing so is completely feasible… or social and economic suicide.
In Brazil at least every bloody body assumes WhatsApp, including your doctor, multiple shops, and even bloody bank services. It’s exactly like @Dsklnsadog@lemmy.dbzer0.com said — shite’s infrastructure now.
I expect it to be like this in other countries, too.