Reddit forces login to access old.reddit.com
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/50546583
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:
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https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/08/reddit-signals-ominous-upcoming-changes-for-old-reddit-com/Open linkView original on sh.itjust.works
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Reddit is slowly killing itself.
Then they shouldn't be able to ban me!
I found something interesting when I check a few hours ago. I was logged out to set the stage. I goto the main page it works. I use the search bar to find a sub and it works. But all the links on that subs page to related subs direct you to the "You have to log in"
So I was like, hmm what if I type one of these links into the search bar and see if I can get the link that way? It worked I could access the link that previous required a log in
I'm sure they will close that loophole and reddit will continue its decline...
I hope that shit dies. I was hoping it was a little while ago when they all dumped their stock.
You know what's even more interesting? You know how half of reddit hides their comments on the profile? Find a profile that has the comments hidden and then check that profile from incognito mode
EDIT: Nevermind, I'm an idiot. This no longer works because you can't use old reddit thru incognito while not logged in, but before this change you could see comments on profiles that should not show any comments while using incognito. I reported this privacy bug some time ago, I guess this works as a solution.
And even more infuriating you can only use that setting in the reddit phone app. So reddit can spy on your phone w/ tencent...
The hidden comment users are planted opposition and/or bots. And killing the API was to force the reddit addicted to DL their shitty app.
reddit is clown shoes.
they want everyone to make account in reddit