old.reddit.com Now Requires a Login

You maniacs! You blew it up!

Redirect URL:

https://old.reddit.com/login/?reason=lor2&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fold.reddit.com%2Fuser%2F<YOUR_SN_HERE>%2F

Page text:

To keep Reddit safe, accounts are required to access old Reddit. Log in, or continue without an account on reddit.com.

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10 points | by chucksmash 1 hour ago

7 comments

mexicojalisco 24 minutes ago
It’s been requiring login to old Reddit from Mexico for 1-2 months. In out
ColdStream 37 minutes ago
Australia here. I have been playing around with this on various machines.
It seems to be using some cookie system that is bypassing this for the moment. Older machines I have still can use it without issue. But a fresh browser on the same connection will be prompted for the login.
Regardless, it is clear what direction this is going in. Age verification is also being tested in some places.
dostoynikov 48 minutes ago
It does not require me to login. I am from Japan tho. Maybe this requirement is kind of European freedom stuff lol.
throwaway81523 50 minutes ago
It still works for me. Maybe they are still rolling out the change.
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- shmde 48 minutes ago
  Yes. Works for me to. For now. They will pull the same shit they pulled with i.reddit.com
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  - throwaway81523 42 minutes ago
    What did they do with i.reddit.com? That still works for me too as far as I know. But as long as I remember, it's needed some awful looking session identifier.
add-sub-mul-div 38 minutes ago
And nothing of value was walled in.
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- ColdStream 2 minutes ago
  I mean there is still some decent stuff but it is so rare nowadays. The value has been dropping for years.
shmde 49 minutes ago
The www.reddit.com shows me a banner after 10 seconds to login/signup. So annoying. I refresh multiple times to make that banner go away. It sometimes does sometimes doesn't. Such user hostile stuff.
Hilliard_Ohiooo 54 minutes ago
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