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Reddit will require you to log in to use old.reddit.com (arstechnica.com)
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[–] foofighter@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I just found this out naturally and immediately came to lemmy to see if someone's posted about it.

Seriously I don't want a reddit account and old.reddit.com without logging in has been a great way of checking up on the odd thing without having an account and being stuck in the dark patterns that keep you engaging

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They know.

[–] foofighter@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

100%. From the arstechnica piece:

Making Old Reddit users log in could impact Reddit scraping but also will address Reddit’s interest in connecting as much traffic as possible to specific users—a strategy that is common among companies like Reddit that rely on advertising for revenue.

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