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Reddit forces login to access old.reddit.com (arstechnica.com)
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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:

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[–] slickgoat@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

That's very true, for now.

At this moment Reddit is existing on its former reputation. There are a host of like internet megalithic platforms that are now not even distant memories. Once they outlive their former utility they fade pretty quickly. Think of MySpace, Friendster and Yahoo Groups. Even Facebook is circling the plughole, but it may take a while before disappearing due to its former dominant position.

[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Another post said facebook has 3 billion MAU, reddit 800M iirc, they can hold out for a while as they circle. I don't think they are going to disappear anytime soon.

[–] phineas1134@reddthat.com 2 points 9 hours ago

I agree, they will continue to exist on momentum for a good long while. I wonder though, how many of those MAU are really just bots?

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

Hopefully I stays true for a long time.

The moment Lemmy gets too popular it will come under the microscope of Chat Control/Social Media Age limits.

Federation might save us, but it could easily go the other way and federation itself becomes a target.