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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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[–] hirihit640@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Still works using Tor Browser

[–] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Depends on your exit node.

Also if you change the front page to be US-specific it'll force a login.

As usual, people in the US get the shaft when it comes to privacy things.

[–] hirihit640@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 days ago

Good thing it takes one click to change exit

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