I think it's kind of dumb that nobody announced the sudden discontinuation of fast pass on the PC or browser version. Like, that's a major change, so why not officially announce it? You have all the Events and Messages and Notifications, with the stupid Messages spamming us every time someone gifted a novel (who the f needs to know about this?), but a major change like PC no longer getting free passes just goes unnannounced? No wonder everyone's raging. It's a rude shock.
In any event, I have good news and bad news.
Bad news: Yes, as you've already figured out, you can't get free passes on PC or on browsers any longer. You only get points.
Good news: You can still get fast passes on the app, and in fact, it appears that there are more ways for you to get fast passes now. So if you do the daily missions, you can get up to 4 all-works fast passes and 1 genre fast pass. So potentially 5, or 4 if you're unfortunate enough to get a genre you don't read. So this was what dapenggaofei meant when he said we would receive "more benefits."
What if you don't have a phone or the app (or if your phone can't install the app)? Then...quite frankly, you're screwed. Obviously I think this is less than ideal, but I'm not in charge. Sorry. I prefer having the options on PC, personally. And the less I say about this, the better, or I'll go off on another rant. Anyway...I hope this helps.