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Reddit forces login to access old.reddit.com (arstechnica.com)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days 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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[–] TIEPilot@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

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...