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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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[–] WesternInfidels@feddit.online 19 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Why aren't they just making the new version better, so that people are happy to use it?

They want the shareholders happy, not the people.

[–] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 day ago

The old reddit was optimized for users, then new reddit is optimized for the shareholders to maximize profit, this is why it is shitty.

It has a technical name: enshittification

[–] huppakee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Afaik they got tired of winning, and want their users to use Lemmy instead.

[–] silentjohn@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

"Better" means extracting as much data and value from users as possible to appease the Capitalist machine. What users want or need is irrelevant.

[–] willington@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

People are the product.