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Reddit not logged in limits to 5 posts? (aussie.zone)
submitted 1 day ago by to c/austech@aussie.zone
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I just happened to wander over to that inferior site reddit.

I use a browser on phone and I don't log in and noticed that it only displayed 5 stories, instead of it's usual infinite scrolling.

  • I tried with and without a VPN set to Australia
  • Desktop mode browser was prompting to create an account or login, with no bypass

Interestingly, setting a VPN to some other countries had it working as normal.

Has the forced login begun?

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[–] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That's my guess.

Horrah for the end of reddit. Hopefully the pain teaches people to stop going for centralised services.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 day ago (1 child)

    I keep thinking "Come Join us!"

    but then

    "Oh, except for that sub, and that one, and that one. I guess they could go join that other lemmy instance"

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    • [–] 2 points 1 day ago

    VPN set to Australia gets me the age verification page now, might have something to do with that.

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    [–] [S] 1 point 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

    I tried on desktop using Brave (a chrome offshoot), and it gave me the same as mobile: .

    There's no way to bypass.

    Interestingly, when I loaded on Firefox with the same VPN Aus exit, it was operating as previously.

    I seem to have some situations where Private browsing window doesn't work, but a normal browsing window does. Also, sometimes switching to a different VPN server seems to help.

    They probably used AI and vibe coded it 😂

    Seems like they fingerprint you. Eg, After visiting a sub or two, Firefox no longer works either ....

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