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Reddit will require you to log in to use old.reddit.com (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 day ago by breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Reddit will start requiring people to be logged into Reddit to use old.reddit.com.

The new requirement will take effect “over the next month,” a Reddit employee going by the username boat-botany announced on the social media platform today. The person claimed that the change is part of an ongoing effort to “tighten how automated systems access Reddit.”

The Reddit employee wrote:

Old Reddit’s logged-out experience is a significant source of abusive scraping and automated traffic on the platform. It’s also an important interface for many long-time mods and Redditors. To strike the right balance between preserving your access to Old Reddit while preventing abusive scraping and automated traffic, over the next month we will start requiring everyone to log in.

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[–] placebo@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It is available, but it isn't convenient in this day and age where 95% of posts are media files - and they redirect you to the new website when you open a photo/video.

[–] dirthawker0@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Plus it's always prompting you to get their app if you scroll down a half a page in old.reddit on your phone. You can get around this by setting desktop mode but I'm sure they'll figure out a way to get around that too.

Facebook does the same thing by breaking features that worked in the browser to try to force you to their app. Sucks

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 1 points 8 hours ago

I've looked up stats on number of apps average phone has. The app count seems unrealistically low with how everything is pushing apps these days.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

oh yea, i look through reddit on a firefox browser on the mobile phone. if it was on a pc, the adblocks can easily block it. Facebook i used ublock origin to get rid of thier login page popup, after searching on reddit how to block facebook login.