Reddit signals ominous upcoming "changes” for old.reddit.com
arstechnica.com
Reddit says the beloved site is used for some "bad behavior."

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:

  • Mikekm@lemmy.worldEnglish
    42·
    6 days ago

    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.

    • Scrollone@feddit.itEnglish
      11·
      6 days ago

      You can do it. Just delete your account. I did it. I live without Reddit now, and I’m happy. After a while you won’t miss that cesspool

    • WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      6 days ago

      Same here but when they killed Joey App. But I haven’t gone back for anything and refuse to use it at all. It’s so bad every time my wife shows me shit on there.

    • Regrettable_incident@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      Same as me, except I never went back. I don’t spend as much time here as I used to on reddit, but most of that was wasted time anyway.

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.todayEnglish
      1·
      6 days 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)