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Reddit forces login to access old.reddit.com (arstechnica.com)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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As of a few minutes ago old.reddit.com now seems to requre logging in to access it.

Shame as it was still the best place to browse for info about some niche interests.

Edit: Seems like they might be testing the change as it is hit or miss at the moment.

Edit: Adding this to My flilters in uBlock Origin seems to fix the issue for the time being:

||reddit.com^$header=referer:

Edit: Best bet now is to use a proxy like safereddit.com.

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[–] 66 points 2 months ago (12 children)

Welcome to Lemmy for the last reddit users, that used old.reddit, looks like we are complete now. The rest of reddit are noobs and bots.

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  • [–] 42 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    I came here three years ago when they killed the API and Reddit is Fun on mobile. I refuse to use their mobile site but still used their desktop. If they kill old.reddit I guess I'm done then.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    i only use it on the browser. got banned last year during the purges. you can make another acc after a while(unknown), with a fork, that reddit is not used to. i just use the niche subs, no interest in the main subs(where most are happening)

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    Used Lemmy for a while but still browsed reddit logged out a bit. I noticd this recently so its only Lemmy now.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    BTW: there is libredirect browser extension which redirects Reddit to libreddit instances.

    I am saying this, so people use that instead of giving up and logging in.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Nope, not listening. I am using the increased friction as a reason for giving up and not using reddit at all.

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