spacegoat@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.world · 6 days agoReddit Website now Forcing Account Creation like the Applemmy.worldimagemessage-square53linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareAuster@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoOld.reddit.com still seems to be going, at least for a while longer. Same for old.reddit.com’s RSS.
minus-squareAuster@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoSeems to be rolling in waves, going by other comments.
minus-squareagit68@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoArs Technica had an article about it recently: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/reddit-will-require-you-to-log-in-to-use-old-reddit-com/
minus-squareDepress_Mode@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoOld.reddit just started requiring an account recently, too
minus-squaresteelplatedmech@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoold.reddit is region based so it’ll eventually get phased out from working for everyone. Like I found that with VPN Sweden is still one place where old.reddit still works without login. But, others prompt for login to use old.reddit. But, I just moved to using redlib instance if reddit is needed now due to not wanting to login to an account. https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib-instances/blob/main/instances.md
Old.reddit.com still seems to be going, at least for a while longer. Same for old.reddit.com’s RSS.
Old reddit is now forcing an account.
Seems to be rolling in waves, going by other comments.
Ars Technica had an article about it recently:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/reddit-will-require-you-to-log-in-to-use-old-reddit-com/
Old.reddit just started requiring an account recently, too
old.reddit is region based so it’ll eventually get phased out from working for everyone.
Like I found that with VPN Sweden is still one place where old.reddit still works without login. But, others prompt for login to use old.reddit.
But, I just moved to using redlib instance if reddit is needed now due to not wanting to login to an account.
https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib-instances/blob/main/instances.md