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Old.reddit.com isn't too bad

busymom0 3y ago
I suspect that will also go away soon.
spurgu 3y ago
Yeah. Can nowadays also be toggled in the settings so you don't have to setup any redirect extension. Which makes me hopeful that it might not be going away but I'm not holding my breath. Without old Reddit (and third-party apps on mobile) I'd stop using Reddit completely, I have zero doubts about that.
- Klonoar 3y ago
  You still want a redirect extension since that forces it even if you're in, say, an incognito tab. The settings piece will only work if you're signed in.
  - spurgu 3y ago
    Good point. I haven't had any need for incognito Reddit since I discovered the setting.
alvarezbjm-hn 3y ago
Another option is firefox with ublock origin. Reddit subscription is $60 a year. That removes ads.
- eshack94 3y ago
  Imagine paying $60 to remove ads from Reddit. In what possible world would that seem like an investment worth making?
rlpb 3y ago
old.reddit.com is fine. The alternatives are awful. So when old.reddit.com is removed, I'll be leaving Reddit.
jjulius 3y ago
The question is how long it'll be for "isn't" to become "wasn't".
- maximinus_thrax 3y ago
  I actually want that to happen, it will probably be the thing to finally make me kick my reddit addiction.
s1k3s 3y ago
old.* is the next thing that will be removed.
probably_wrong 3y ago
My prediction as a former i.reddit.com user is: don't get too attached. old.reddit is showing the same issues that i.reddit had, such as redirecting you to "regular" reddit if you click on a title instead of the comments. I think old.reddit will keep accumulating small papercuts like these until enough users give up, at which point it will be shut down without recourse. Reddit can't do this right now because some moderation features don't work well outside of old.reddit, but the fact that everything outside the "official" website is being degraded or shut down should give you pause.
- wombarly 3y ago
  i.reddit.com was great, miss it dearly.
- Klonoar 3y ago
  I would wager most people who are serious about using old.reddit are doing it via extensions, since that approach works even when signed out - so many don't notice e.g that title bug.
- alpaca128 3y ago
  > redirecting you to "regular" reddit if you click on a title instead of the comments Old reddit has been working exactly the same for quite a few years now and I can't remember it ever redirecting me to the new version. Perhaps this happens if you're logged in and have the new version set as default or something?
  - nostromo 3y ago
    i.reddit.com was different than old.reddit.com - it was designed for easy use on mobile. It was recently killed, just like old.reddit.com will be.
  - probably_wrong 3y ago
    I can reproduce it when clicking in the posts of some "best of" subreddits (/r/bestof, /r/bestoflegaladvice, and so on) when logged out - even though you never leave Reddit, clicking on a link will take you to the "regular" Reddit version while the comments remain in "old" Reddit.
dilippkumar 3y ago
ew.reddit.com is even better.
oxygen_crisis 3y ago
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I suspect that will also go away soon.

Yeah. Can nowadays also be toggled in the settings so you don't have to setup any redirect extension. Which makes me hopeful that it might not be going away but I'm not holding my breath. Without old Reddit (and third-party apps on mobile) I'd stop using Reddit completely, I have zero doubts about that.

Klonoar 3y ago
You still want a redirect extension since that forces it even if you're in, say, an incognito tab. The settings piece will only work if you're signed in.
- spurgu 3y ago
  Good point. I haven't had any need for incognito Reddit since I discovered the setting.

alvarezbjm-hn 3y ago

Another option is firefox with ublock origin. Reddit subscription is $60 a year. That removes ads.

eshack94 3y ago
Imagine paying $60 to remove ads from Reddit. In what possible world would that seem like an investment worth making?

rlpb 3y ago

old.reddit.com is fine. The alternatives are awful. So when old.reddit.com is removed, I'll be leaving Reddit.

jjulius 3y ago

The question is how long it'll be for "isn't" to become "wasn't".

maximinus_thrax 3y ago
I actually want that to happen, it will probably be the thing to finally make me kick my reddit addiction.

s1k3s 3y ago

old.* is the next thing that will be removed.

probably_wrong 3y ago

My prediction as a former i.reddit.com user is: don't get too attached. old.reddit is showing the same issues that i.reddit had, such as redirecting you to "regular" reddit if you click on a title instead of the comments. I think old.reddit will keep accumulating small papercuts like these until enough users give up, at which point it will be shut down without recourse. Reddit can't do this right now because some moderation features don't work well outside of old.reddit, but the fact that everything outside the "official" website is being degraded or shut down should give you pause.

wombarly 3y ago
i.reddit.com was great, miss it dearly.
Klonoar 3y ago
I would wager most people who are serious about using old.reddit are doing it via extensions, since that approach works even when signed out - so many don't notice e.g that title bug.
alpaca128 3y ago
> redirecting you to "regular" reddit if you click on a title instead of the comments Old reddit has been working exactly the same for quite a few years now and I can't remember it ever redirecting me to the new version. Perhaps this happens if you're logged in and have the new version set as default or something?
- nostromo 3y ago
  i.reddit.com was different than old.reddit.com - it was designed for easy use on mobile. It was recently killed, just like old.reddit.com will be.
- probably_wrong 3y ago
  I can reproduce it when clicking in the posts of some "best of" subreddits (/r/bestof, /r/bestoflegaladvice, and so on) when logged out - even though you never leave Reddit, clicking on a link will take you to the "regular" Reddit version while the comments remain in "old" Reddit.

dilippkumar 3y ago

ew.reddit.com is even better.

oxygen_crisis 3y ago

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