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Reddit forces login to access old.reddit.com (arstechnica.com)
submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 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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[–] sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Still works for me. I use it without an account to browse /r/cars and /r/justrolledintotheshop because there's not really good Lemmy alternatives for those communities.

[–] Grostleton@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Might be an existing cookie that hasn't expired yet, or they're testing it on only some people for now.

[–] sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

I'm sure it's a regional or A/B rollout for now. Only a matter of time.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

My cookies for Reddit are locked and have been for a while, so maybe this is it? Doubt it, though.