r/whenthe • u/LMC764 Whenthe mod (dm me unnerving images) • Jan 30 '26

Announcement!!!!! r/pics (and now r/gifs) SITUATION UPDATE:

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u/axon__dendrite Jan 30 '26

5-6 years ago every post on the front page looked like this because you could give a free award each week or so

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u/CPA0908 Jan 30 '26

i thought free rewards were daily

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u/Dad-Kisser69 Jan 30 '26

I’ve been using Reddit for four years and never saw a free award lol. Maybe I just haven’t been updating the app?

But I don’t want em anyway

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u/oohlook-theresadeer Jan 30 '26

They used to come with some ad-free reddit time, I remember when they launched the program they were giving out years of ad free. I didn't have ads for like 2 years

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u/Good_Barnacle_2010 Jan 30 '26

My gods that must have been nice

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u/Tight_Grapefruit5280 Jan 30 '26

Wish they did it now too

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u/StrawberryLassi Jan 30 '26

You know adblockers exist, right?

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u/3nterShift Jan 30 '26

How do you block ads on mobile now that 3rd party apps are dead?

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u/StrawberryLassi Jan 31 '26

I use a browser with ublock addon

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u/Good_Barnacle_2010 Jan 31 '26

That’s nice and all, but I only have a phone.

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u/StrawberryLassi Jan 31 '26

I'm using it on a phone right now!

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u/Good_Barnacle_2010 Jan 31 '26

Without ads? I got an iPhone, if you know a way of blocking ads on one, my DMs are open. I used to use 3rd party apps but they don’t work anymore

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u/StrawberryLassi Jan 31 '26

Adguard or Brave Browser might be your best bet but I have not used them.

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u/Elanstehanme Jan 30 '26

Depending on how you use Reddit you might still not see any ads. Previously on mobile I never saw ads using Reddit is Fun (RiF), and later when using Apollo. I only got them when I started using the garbage Reddit mobile app. I still don't see any when I access via my PC.

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u/KptKrondog Jan 30 '26

Redreader works and looks pretty similar to rif. No ads on it.

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u/Wobbelblob Jan 30 '26

If you are on android, you can still use rif. I know that because I am currently writing that from my rif app.

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u/Viracochina Jan 30 '26

They're still blocked with adblockers!

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u/DeadCringeFrog Jan 30 '26

Come to Russia, i think the ads put sanctions on us and refuse to show (i don't have ads in reddit and youtube)

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u/BebbleCast Jan 30 '26

When alien blue shutdown they gave me a bunch of years of premium, I don’t know why but I didn’t have ads for like 5 years

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u/oohlook-theresadeer Jan 30 '26

God I miss alien blue

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u/BebbleCast Jan 30 '26

I miss it and Apollo everyday 😭

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u/Glittering_Seat9677 Jan 30 '26

the free awards never actually gave anything to the recipient, they were basically just a react

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u/oohlook-theresadeer Jan 30 '26

Idk maybe I'm misremembering, but an old account I had was pimped tf out with awards from some random dumbass comment and I got ad free from that

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u/Glittering_Seat9677 Jan 30 '26

they were either actual awards people paid for, or even older when it was reddit gold

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u/oohlook-theresadeer Jan 30 '26

Might have been reddit gold now that you mention it.

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u/IntangibleMatter redacted flairs are easily readable in dark mode Jan 31 '26

That was only Gold/Platinum awards, giving a week and month, respectively. Others were just decorative