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> "for those who enjoyed old.reddit" wait they are getting rid of that too?
by ftxbro 3y ago
> "for those who enjoyed old.reddit"
wait they are getting rid of that too?
- pessimizer 3y agoNo, everybody just keeps throwing that in to maximize the appeal of the protest. It's entirely possible, though, because they've been hanging onto old.reddit forever just like the free API. I know I'll never visit the site again without old.reddit, but I also know I'm part of an extreme minority. I get the impression that mods don't know that they're part of an extreme minority, because they thought they owned the site.
- richbell 3y agoThey recently shut down i.reddit.com and have been trying to sunset old.reddit.com (or at least hide it behind dark patterns) for years. It isn't a large leap to say that old.reddit.com will be next in their crosshairs. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35281562 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35281562
- badwolf 3y agoThey made promises they are not getting rid of it. Then again, earlier this year they also promised the Apollo dev there would be no changes to the API this year, or even in the next few years...