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[–] 209 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Cant even read posts on the browser without being interrupted about a minute in saying to use their stupid fucking app. Reddit is trash.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    If you use old.reddit.com, at least on chrome mobile, it doesn’t do this. That’s how I’ve gotten around that pop up. It’s more than mildly infuriating tbh.

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    [–] 110 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    Don't log into an account.

    Browse the Internet like normal.

    If x.com or reddit.com won't let you view without privacy, they're dead and useless.

    Have some spine; lead, and stop following and being led by evil people and companies.

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    [–] 92 points 1 month ago (11 children)

    They don't even try to lie effectively. Why in Hell's name would you need to log in to "keep reddit safe" just to lurk?

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  • [–] 59 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    My only guess is because they want to force AI scrapers to pay for access. And most scrapers probably work best on old.reddit because they keep changing new Reddit’s layout. As a programmer, if you’re going to code something to access a site, (and you don’t want to constantly have to rework it every time they make a small UI update) you’re going to use the version that never changes. So by forcing them to log in, it makes tracking the individual users (and thus, identifying potential unauthorized scraper accounts) easier.

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    [–] 66 points 1 month ago (12 children)

    Don't you understand? Reddit is in DANGER from users NOT BEING LOGGED IN!

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    [–] 62 points 1 month ago*

    Stop using platforms that are actively locking you out. The reason they keep doing this is because people keep complying.

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  • [–] 61 points 1 month ago (9 children)

    if you just want to browse, redlib is amazing, and even more with the libredirect extension on desktop.

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  • [–] 42 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    or, you know, don't use reddit

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  • [–] 41 points 1 month ago

    Porque no los dos? Of course don't feed reddit with content for them to sell, or aimlessly browse the frontpage. If you need information on a niche subject, or refer to something that happened in 2011, don't burden yourself to avoid reddit. Just set yourself to be in read only mode with ad blockers to the max so you get more from them then they get from you.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    It is still unfortunately the go-to landing spot for basically any “I’m having an obscure tech issue and only one person posted about this specific error code six years ago” type of search.

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    [–] 38 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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    Yeah, fuck Reddit, but there's a lot of good information up there, even if it's currently run by paedophiles. People who were on Twitter before Elon Musk bought it still enjoy their communities even though the site is owned by an AI company that generates CSAM.

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    [–] 32 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    STOP

    GOING

    TO

    THE

    BAD

    SITE

    Just quit going there.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 month ago

    And the garbage finished taking itself out. Wonderful.

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  • [–] 26 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Thanks for forcing me reddit. Hello lemmy

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    we knew this day would come

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  • [–] 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Nice. That is just enough of a barrier to stop be using reddit entirely. Not posted in years but sometimes read when bored enough.

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    [–] 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Logging in makes reddit safe?

    Trying to figure out how read only access while not logged in makes anything unsafe my brain hurt.

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    [–] 20 points 1 month ago

    Its dead, Jim.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 month ago

    Thanks for the content you createdfor us, now log in to see it.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 month ago (7 children)

    Can't even access reddit at all with my VPN turned on now.

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    [–] 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    lmao why are you clicking on the worst lemmy clone

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    [–] 16 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    The Firefox extension Old Reddit Redirect works great. However, fuck Reddit.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Reddit is such a disgusting shit heap these days. There are still some subreddits worth lurking in but the majority is flooded with AI posts.

    It used to be so nice.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 month ago*

    Welp there goes my only way to access Reddit.

    Oh well 🤷‍♀️

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  • [–] 13 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    I can't believe how bad it is now. There is no real news. It used to be interesting but it's so watered down that it's basically pointless. Couple that with the quality of major news outlets, and we're basically experiencing a media blackout.

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    [–] 10 points 1 month ago

    Fuck reddit

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