spacegoat@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.world · 2 days agoReddit Website now Forcing Account Creation like the Applemmy.worldimagemessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1216file-text
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minus-squareAuster@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 days agoOld.reddit.com still seems to be going, at least for a while longer. Same for old.reddit.com’s RSS.
minus-squaresteelplatedmech@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 days agoold.reddit is region based so it’ll eventually get phased out from working for everyone. Like I found that with VPN Sweden is still one place where old.reddit still works without login. But, others prompt for login to use old.reddit. But, I just moved to using redlib instance if reddit is needed now due to not wanting to login to an account. https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib-instances/blob/main/instances.md
minus-squareAuster@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoSeems to be rolling in waves, going by other comments.
minus-squareagit68@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoArs Technica had an article about it recently: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/reddit-will-require-you-to-log-in-to-use-old-reddit-com/
minus-squareDepress_Mode@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 days agoOld.reddit just started requiring an account recently, too
Old.reddit.com still seems to be going, at least for a while longer. Same for old.reddit.com’s RSS.
old.reddit is region based so it’ll eventually get phased out from working for everyone.
Like I found that with VPN Sweden is still one place where old.reddit still works without login. But, others prompt for login to use old.reddit.
But, I just moved to using redlib instance if reddit is needed now due to not wanting to login to an account.
https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib-instances/blob/main/instances.md
Old reddit is now forcing an account.
Seems to be rolling in waves, going by other comments.
Ars Technica had an article about it recently:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/reddit-will-require-you-to-log-in-to-use-old-reddit-com/
Old.reddit just started requiring an account recently, too