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[–] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I'm a bit confused here. API calls aren't trackers. It's how the frontend communicates with the backend. Of course Shreddit wouldn't work if you blocked them, Reddit doesn't live on your PC. I'm actually surprised Old Reddit still works with them blocked. Are you sure it actually works works, or does it just look like it's working locally? If you save a post for example, does it stay saved if you close the window and open it again?

Edit: Yeah, just tested it: even on Old Reddit, saving, for example, doesn't work if you block reddit.com/api/*. Voting looks like it works, but if you reload the page, your vote is gone. Because it only ever existed client-side.

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    I use www.reddit, so there's no old.reddit calls happening. You can change in the settings whether www is old reddit or shreddit (until you clear your cookies).

    Anyway, my point was more that that's just the general frontend-backend communication happening there. If you turn that off, even old reddit won't work anymore. It's not something you should be blocking.

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    These changes are breaking features in old.reddit like sharing and probably more. You are promoting untested tweaks

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