They Killed Old Reddit

Posted by pluc |3 hours ago |20 comments

evenhash an hour ago

I’ve found it depends on where I connect from. If I’m using my home WiFi, it works. If I use 4G or a VPN, I get the login prompt. Still seems to work on my WiFi at the moment.

RGamma 22 minutes ago

RIP. I quit ~10 years ago, but you didn't deserve this.

overflowy 2 hours ago[1 more]

It seems to work fine here. Just be aware that you need to go into the site settings and re‑enable Old Reddit (even if it’s already enabled, you have to toggle it again). They did that some time ago, and it doesn't "remember" your preference if you use a fresh browser session.

Superbowl5889 an hour ago[1 more]

Better to adopt with apps like redreader, customisable and away from ads and unusable mobile web ui.

abroszka33 an hour ago

Finally, I can stop using it. It's better this way.

zecg an hour ago

Finally, I'm free

brador 20 minutes ago

Someone’s about to learn how hard it is to get critical mass for a social media application in 2026.

Every user is gold.

No one sticks.

Cascading failure collapse starting with smaller subreddits.

lurn_mor 28 minutes ago

The first of thousands of paywalls and gatekeeping of the old, free internet into the new subscription economy. All the old wisdom locked behind a login screen.

rationalist 2 hours ago[1 more]

Still works for me (not logged in).

ButlerianJihad 26 minutes ago

There was an album by the Dead Kennedys called "Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death!"--an homage to the Patrick Henry battle cry--and I often recall its sentiments while reading HN comments.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give_me_liberty_or_give_me_dea...!

pluc 3 hours ago

So anyone knows a good Android RSS reader?

lynelle 2 hours ago

why you are thinking this?

Daedren an hour ago[2 more]

They didn’t kill anything. What they did is require you to login to use Old Reddit as its simplistic web design made it easy to scrape.