AliExpress won't allow me to open most pages in the account section on my iPhone. Instead I get a page telling me to install the app.
replyWhile browsing, there are also popups offering the app approximately every third link I click. Some of them are telling me to install the app.
Unless the situation has changed recently, it's not perfectly fine, it is unusable on purpose.
AE website on mobile is terrible, they basically force you to use the app. I exclusively use the website on my PC
replySo they're pulling a Reddit, basically.
reply"The app is great because the website is heavily degraded".
Reddit is fine, just a small popup at the bottom. Facebook kn the other hand turned off most functions on mobile, e.g. chat. Good thing though if you don't use the chat long enough, friends start using other means of communication.
replyReddit is NOT FINE. They throw up full page modals now telling you to continue in the app.
replySoon we'll realize that the experience of using reddit (and other mainstream social media) differs a lot based on what country you're in, and sometimes even the state.
replyFor example, seemingly a bunch of places in Europe/elsewhere has disabled old.reddit.com unless you're logged in, but seemingly a bunch of people in other places can use it just fine. I'm sure what both of you are seeing is both correct, there is just something changing the experience that gets served to each of you.
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I just request the desktop site, it's fine
replyBoth are web stores. Both have websites AND apps.
replyThey are compared / contrasted. Nobody is saying one is concretely related to the other.