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16•comprev•4h ago
It's finally happened... a sad day for the internet :(

Edit: For me anyway in UK using Starlink

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colesantiago•4h ago
Just login then?

Still works fine.

gnabgib•4h ago
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So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe (610 points, 19 days ago, 668 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49005747

Reddit will require you to log in to use old.reddit.com (123 points, 1 month ago, 42 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48740217

Tell HN: Old Reddit now requires login (88 points, 1 month ago, 18 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48753129

Tell HN: Old Reddit Now Requires Login (47 points, 21 days ago, 33 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48983857

luke5441•4h ago
New reddit also has blocking pop-ups after a while if you are not logged in since recently.
x______________•3h ago
It's cookie/session based, try browsing in private/incognito mode.
cyanydeez•3h ago
Nope,their marketing department convinced them to roll it out slowly to avoid the streisand effect
alisadev•3h ago
Yeah, it just happened to me as well.

And the worst part is that even if we give in to their demands and log in, we’d probably only get six more months of old.reddit at most. By being complacent now, we’re basically showing them that they can do whatever they want.

So after they shut down old.reddit, they might require login for new.reddit too, or maybe cripple the website so much that it’ll be impossible to use it without their app (like Facebook and Instagram).

I guess it’d be better to write a userscript that replaces their UI completely, and/or start getting used to not browsing Reddit.

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