Reddit signals ominous upcoming "changes” for old.reddit.com
arstechnica.com
Reddit says the beloved site is used for some "bad behavior."

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:

  • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    5·
    3 days ago

    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

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.todayEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      maybe ublock origin can block the popup, like it can with the FB login page. just gotta wait til someone makes the workaround.

    • Redacted@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      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.

    • thejoker954@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 days ago

      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.