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:
it already requires being loggd in for about 2 weeks
Edit: the post title is also wrong. the interface is still available. you just need to be logged in
old.reddit.com has worked fine here for the past couple of weeks.
Edit: Post title fixed
maybe it was rolled out slowly over multiple regions. But it definitely started end of july. even the arstechnica post itself is alrady a week old
maybe ublock origin can block the popup, like it can with the FB login page. just gotta wait til someone makes the workaround.
Maybe, seems some subreddits still work here. Not sure if testing. The article was about potential upcoming changes which I guess are nearly upon us.
This is it exactly. It was hit or miss for a few weeks for me, some vpns would get the login some wouldn’t. Some subreddits would get the login, but comments wouldn’t.
Now it seems its all login all the time.
I’ve noticed that it works for me without a login at my home, but it forces a login at my parent’s house. I think its regional or being A/B rolled out or something.
It hasn’t worked for me for a couple weeks now. I only lurk there when I am checking to see if a tech question I have has already been answered by someone, so it’s not a huge loss for me. It also stopped working on some subreddits before others. From the same computer at the same time I could see /r/Delta but could not see /r/MLS on old.reddit.