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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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[–] Mikekm@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I came here three years ago when they killed the API and Reddit is Fun on mobile. I refuse to use their mobile site but still used their desktop. If they kill old.reddit I guess I'm done then.

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 10 points 1 day ago

You can do it. Just delete your account. I did it. I live without Reddit now, and I'm happy. After a while you won't miss that cesspool

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 16 hours ago

i only use it on the browser. got banned last year during the purges. you can make another acc after a while(unknown), with a fork, that reddit is not used to. i just use the niche subs, no interest in the main subs(where most are happening)

[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

Same as me, except I never went back. I don't spend as much time here as I used to on reddit, but most of that was wasted time anyway.

[–] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago

Same here.

BTW: technically they just killed it.

[–] WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Same here but when they killed Joey App. But I haven't gone back for anything and refuse to use it at all. It's so bad every time my wife shows me shit on there.