Reddit signals ominous upcoming "changes” for old.reddit.com
arstechnica.com
Reddit says the beloved site is used for some "bad behavior."

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:

  • fake@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    4 hours ago

    Happened weeks ago for me. I begrudgingly made a throwaway account with a throwaway email.

    Then they slapped me with age verification as well.

    Fuck 'em.