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Reddit forces login to access old.reddit.com (arstechnica.com)
submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 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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[–] limonfiesta@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Lemmy simply lacks a wide range smaller niche communities that exist on Reddit i.e. odd hobbies, smaller sports niches, etc.

I'd rather that I didn't have to keep using Reddit for those smaller communities, but I have replaced 80% of my Reddit usage, so I'm not complaining.

When this is brought up, the typical responses is the well-meaning suggestion to "start it yourself" or "be the first", except that hasn't been fruitful in my experience.

The communities that I still use Reddit for, are already present on Lemmy and have been open for years, but they lack the amount of user necessary to make them worthwhile.