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Reddit forces login to access old.reddit.com (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Redacted@lemmy.world 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:

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[–] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (27 children)

Interestingly enough, old.reddit users are in the single digit percentages:

Even if they weren't hostile towards old.reddit (the ads are far less invasive and effective), they could make a strong argument for not wanting to support a dwindling, tiny userbase.

[–] forbiddencherry@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I love that "Mobile Web" is still larger than "Android" and also larger than "iOS" (usually). Nag screen didn't work!

[–] mursejoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

I basically can only browse in a private window because of the incessant nag screen.

Once that gets patched out it’ll be only Lemmy for me. I just hope a larger community of people move over.

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