cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/50546583
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:
And even more infuriating you can only use that setting in the reddit phone app. So reddit can spy on your phone w/ tencent…
The hidden comment users are planted opposition and/or bots. And killing the API was to force the reddit addicted to DL their shitty app.
reddit is clown shoes.