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They are now telling me that I need an account to use old.reddit.com (the only usable version of Reddit UI). Needless to say, I have stopped visiting Reddit com

• boston_clone 12d ago
  Perhaps more frustratingly, if you bite the bullet and browse the "new" version on your mobile browser, the page will eventually become non-responsive and have ~60% of your screen covered by a bottom banner that prompts you to download their app to continue. It's like they are actively trying to kill their userbase.
  • immibis2 12d ago
    Like most big tech companies now, they are actively trying to kill their non-contributing userbase, where contributing means viewing an ad for every second post. They know that perhaps 5% of the non-contributing userbase they kill will become contributing userbase, while the other 95% will just leave, and this trade seems good to them.
  • saratogacx 12d ago
    On mobile, uBO has been able to get around the "use our app" block. It took a week or two for the filters to get updated but now it is a non-issue. Tested in Firefox and Vivaldi on Android.
    • boston_clone 11d ago
      Unfortunately, it seems uBO on Safari/iOS needs to get with it! The native “hide distracting items” feature does allow you to select and remove it, though.
• pred_ 12d ago
  FWIW, Old Reddit Redirect manages to somehow still be usable without a user.
  • immibis2 12d ago
    You're being A/B tested.
  • jwilk 12d ago
    They do this by setting cookie "redesign_optout=true" for www.reddit.com (and then using that domain).
  • suslik 11d ago
    For me it requires login even with ORR.