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I'm sticking to old.reddit.com as long as I can, I dread the day they get rid of it as an option.

folkrav 4y ago
The day old.reddit.com disappears is the day I stop browsing Reddit on desktop, just like the day their API access gets too restrictive for third-party clients to make sense (which I wouldn't be surprised to happen at some point, given how they're treating it with the newest features) is the day I'll stop browsing on mobile. Their main site and app are both utter garbage.
- seqastian 4y ago
  Apollo.app on apple silicon macs to the rescue.
- dkarl 4y ago
  > The day old.reddit.com disappears is the day I stop browsing Reddit on desktop I know threats like this are cliche, especially about UI refreshes of long-loved web sites, but this one rings true for me. Like Facebook, I'll miss some of the content, but at a certain point the experience isn't worth it.
  - Fatnino 4y ago
    Reddit should know. It was a major beneficiary when digg did then same thing to themselves.
- Mindwipe 4y ago
  > (which I wouldn't be surprised to happen at some point, given how they're treating it with the newest features) Luckily the absence of the newest features is generally a positive.
  - folkrav 4y ago
    Sure, I don't miss them too much. Still doesn't bode too well for the future of the API IMHO
- scrollaway 4y ago
  Serious question, why do y'all keep browsing it now if you know you'll be getting rid of it as soon as the old ui stops working? This feels like the weirdest instance of stockholm syndrome, I've seen this so much. And don't get me wrong, I totally understand where you're coming from, Reddit is user-hostile as hell. But... why keep using it then? Why keep giving pageviews and ad money to a trashy website that hates you? I used to post a ton on Reddit. My browsing of it has been reduced to maybe all of a couple times a week on my local city's subreddit only. I didn't wait for the UI to go even more to shit to essentially stop using it. -- Edit: I guess my point's been missed. Maybe to rephrase: How do you get any sort of enjoyment out of actively using a website that hates you? How does this not make you want to use it less and less regardless of how good the content is?
  - folkrav 4y ago
    Cause I still find some enjoyment in smaller subreddits. I used to hang out on phpbb forums back in my early teens, now that crowd is mostly on niche subreddits. I just know that I like it, but not enough that it would keep me in if I had to endure the new UI. Not sure what's so Stockholm-ish about that. Edit: I don't understand how my comment did not answer your rephrased question, so I probably wasn't that clear. old.reddit.com is still there, the API still works just fine, so does my favorite third-party client - the same one I've been using for years. The new features I'm missing out on by using the site in this way, I don't care about. My usage is still perfectly enjoyable and the site doesn't do anything to actively make me feel that "hate" you're talking about.
    - scrollaway 4y ago
      I don't think you were unclear, I guess you just don't feel what I feel. It doesn't matter if I'm using old.reddit or the new UI, Reddit doesn't want me there. The new UI is basically a giant fuck you to anyone not using the phone app, the phone app is a fuck you to anyone who wants some amount of privacy or agency over their free time, the old UI is unmaintained and going the way of the dodo, and third party apps are basically guaranteed to be gone as soon as Reddit can justify it. It's like .. okay, imagine you have this market you used to shop at. You really enjoyed going there for years, but it's been bought by Walmart. For reasons, Walmart isn't shutting down the market, but they're not restocking it, making sure it smells bad and the products are past due-date, and they're almost threatening you to use their big store which you absolutely don't want to use "or else". And instead of looking for your shopping elsewhere, you decide to keep shopping at that market until Walmart shuts down what you used to like, because, idk, I guess there's still a couple products there you like? It's a stretched comparison, sure, but this is how it feels like to me. Bar some very specific communities (which are moving over time), content on there is not exclusive to Reddit. And even the niche communities you might enjoy there, there's plenty more on the internet (or even offline) you can be a part of and find true enjoyment in. Tildes for example is the one I'm a part of (https://tildes.net/ https://tildes.net/). I quite like being part of a community where the website doesn't do everything in its power to piss me off and force me to make it more money. If anyone wants an invite feel free to email me (cf profile).
- gravitate 4y ago
  Same. I’m relishing the good old days of Reddit with old.reddit.com before it turns into a surveillance hellscape.

The day old.reddit.com disappears is the day I stop browsing Reddit on desktop, just like the day their API access gets too restrictive for third-party clients to make sense (which I wouldn't be surprised to happen at some point, given how they're treating it with the newest features) is the day I'll stop browsing on mobile. Their main site and app are both utter garbage.

seqastian 4y ago
Apollo.app on apple silicon macs to the rescue.
dkarl 4y ago
> The day old.reddit.com disappears is the day I stop browsing Reddit on desktop I know threats like this are cliche, especially about UI refreshes of long-loved web sites, but this one rings true for me. Like Facebook, I'll miss some of the content, but at a certain point the experience isn't worth it.
- Fatnino 4y ago
  Reddit should know. It was a major beneficiary when digg did then same thing to themselves.
Mindwipe 4y ago
> (which I wouldn't be surprised to happen at some point, given how they're treating it with the newest features) Luckily the absence of the newest features is generally a positive.
- folkrav 4y ago
  Sure, I don't miss them too much. Still doesn't bode too well for the future of the API IMHO
scrollaway 4y ago
Serious question, why do y'all keep browsing it now if you know you'll be getting rid of it as soon as the old ui stops working? This feels like the weirdest instance of stockholm syndrome, I've seen this so much. And don't get me wrong, I totally understand where you're coming from, Reddit is user-hostile as hell. But... why keep using it then? Why keep giving pageviews and ad money to a trashy website that hates you? I used to post a ton on Reddit. My browsing of it has been reduced to maybe all of a couple times a week on my local city's subreddit only. I didn't wait for the UI to go even more to shit to essentially stop using it. -- Edit: I guess my point's been missed. Maybe to rephrase: How do you get any sort of enjoyment out of actively using a website that hates you? How does this not make you want to use it less and less regardless of how good the content is?
- folkrav 4y ago
  Cause I still find some enjoyment in smaller subreddits. I used to hang out on phpbb forums back in my early teens, now that crowd is mostly on niche subreddits. I just know that I like it, but not enough that it would keep me in if I had to endure the new UI. Not sure what's so Stockholm-ish about that. Edit: I don't understand how my comment did not answer your rephrased question, so I probably wasn't that clear. old.reddit.com is still there, the API still works just fine, so does my favorite third-party client - the same one I've been using for years. The new features I'm missing out on by using the site in this way, I don't care about. My usage is still perfectly enjoyable and the site doesn't do anything to actively make me feel that "hate" you're talking about.
  - scrollaway 4y ago
    I don't think you were unclear, I guess you just don't feel what I feel. It doesn't matter if I'm using old.reddit or the new UI, Reddit doesn't want me there. The new UI is basically a giant fuck you to anyone not using the phone app, the phone app is a fuck you to anyone who wants some amount of privacy or agency over their free time, the old UI is unmaintained and going the way of the dodo, and third party apps are basically guaranteed to be gone as soon as Reddit can justify it. It's like .. okay, imagine you have this market you used to shop at. You really enjoyed going there for years, but it's been bought by Walmart. For reasons, Walmart isn't shutting down the market, but they're not restocking it, making sure it smells bad and the products are past due-date, and they're almost threatening you to use their big store which you absolutely don't want to use "or else". And instead of looking for your shopping elsewhere, you decide to keep shopping at that market until Walmart shuts down what you used to like, because, idk, I guess there's still a couple products there you like? It's a stretched comparison, sure, but this is how it feels like to me. Bar some very specific communities (which are moving over time), content on there is not exclusive to Reddit. And even the niche communities you might enjoy there, there's plenty more on the internet (or even offline) you can be a part of and find true enjoyment in. Tildes for example is the one I'm a part of (https://tildes.net/ https://tildes.net/). I quite like being part of a community where the website doesn't do everything in its power to piss me off and force me to make it more money. If anyone wants an invite feel free to email me (cf profile).
gravitate 4y ago
Same. I’m relishing the good old days of Reddit with old.reddit.com before it turns into a surveillance hellscape.