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Re: old.reddit.com Now Requires a Login

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Post by Elfener »

wbnns wrote: post #37

I'm visiting from EU in a private tab and not getting any login prompts or redirects, fwiw.

It seems to be random, I tried it a few times during the last few weeks due to people talking about it, and sometimes it lets me use old.reddit.com, while other times it redirects to the login page.

Re: old.reddit.com Now Requires a Login

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Post by TrueKoi »

It's been taking place over the last month. A workaround was incognito on browsers, till they blocked that. Then it was switching location through VPN, till they blocked that. Then it was going through TOR which they also ended up blocking and prompting the login/signup screen as with the previous workarounds.

This is all so that in a few months time they can say that demand for old.reddit.com has dropped so they'll no longer be supporting it and force everyone to use that horrible tiktok style layout, controlling every pixel of a users device and deciding what they see.

What a downhill ride this has been.

Re: old.reddit.com Now Requires a Login

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Post by pixelpoet »

a_e_k wrote: post #13

Earlier today I started getting a "Get the app to keep using Reddit" popup when browsing while logged out on my phone. (I prefer to use Firefox Android exclusively in private mode to reduce the temptation to doom scroll and to have the added friction of manually logging in when commenting on any site.) Unlike the prior nag screens, this one was modal, blocked any scrolling, and had no way to close it. It seemed to po…

It really gives me the heebie jeebies when people refer to Reddit (or any website) as an app, and in general demand that everything that used to be a simple website get turned into a data-hoovering Electron abomination.

Re: old.reddit.com Now Requires a Login

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Post by red-iron-pine »

said it here before but will say it again: that was the only thing keeping me using the site on the regular.

i've got a regular account i use if/when i need to log in and ask a question or interact, but that's the exception not the rule.

done w/ the site in general.

Re: old.reddit.com Now Requires a Login

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Post by red-iron-pine »

ColdStream wrote: post #16
a_e_k wrote: post #13

Earlier today I started getting a "Get the app to keep using Reddit" popup when browsing while logged out on my phone. (I prefer to use Firefox Android exclusively in private mode to reduce the temptation to doom scroll and to have the added friction of manually logging in when commenting on any site.) Unlike the prior nag screens, this one was modal, blocked any scrolling, and had no way to close it. It seemed to po…

Alas, you are already on the alternative. Hacker news feels like one of the last hold outs of the old internet.

self selection in action

also quite a haven for bots these days. with robust monetization and a need to assure people that you're interacting with actual people (budling consensus) or clicking ads, you need some measure of "prove they're real". HN don't do that.

Re: old.reddit.com Now Requires a Login

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Post by red-iron-pine »

expedited123 wrote: post #17
shawn_w wrote: post #14

Are there any decent alternatives to reddit? When they finish killing off old reddit I'm gone, and will need a new time waster.

Lemmy (part of of fediverse), HN, Tildes, Lobste.rs.

i liked lemmy but was put off by how mixed the quality was, and how many random images seemed to link to dubious image repos or otherwise set off malware alarms.

reddits heavy monetization means they at least try to keep out a majority of the bad actors but lemmy always seemed a wild west. perhaps i will revisit soon.

Re: old.reddit.com Now Requires a Login

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Post by rtkwe »

a_e_k wrote: post #13

Earlier today I started getting a "Get the app to keep using Reddit" popup when browsing while logged out on my phone. (I prefer to use Firefox Android exclusively in private mode to reduce the temptation to doom scroll and to have the added friction of manually logging in when commenting on any site.) Unlike the prior nag screens, this one was modal, blocked any scrolling, and had no way to close it. It seemed to po…

They started it late last week on the new reddit. I'd been browsing unlogged in for ages because I'm pretty certain logging in from work via my VPN killed my old reddit account that was 13 plus years old at the time for "ban evasion" from a sub I'd never been banned from. Of course the appeal process was no help so I'd just been browsing offline to avoid the chance that'd happen again with my new account too.
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