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I don't use Reddit anymore, but I wanted to search something that I couldn't find anywhere. This is what I saw. After killing all the other apps, Reddit now is trying to force us to use their own spyware app.

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[–] [email protected] 170 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (8 children)

Old.reddit.com

It will get rid of that

[–] [email protected] 94 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I am not going to like the day they remove that.

[–] [email protected] 119 points 6 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I have, I just use it to view Reddit without an account.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 months ago (4 children)

https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib There's some redirect browser addons like LibRedirect that can automatically redirect you to redlib instances.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Unfortunately they block old reddit for VPN users now

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

That's not true, at least not for all vpns

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[–] [email protected] 131 points 6 months ago (3 children)

This is why they removed the apps. They want to be driving traffic through the app, and the 3rd party apps prevented that from happening.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They went from providing value to extracting it.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 months ago (4 children)

They made the service more shitty! We need a long word to describe that process.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Hmm... is impoopify taken?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago

enfecification?

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Are they just trying to divert as much traffic as possible through their app?

[–] [email protected] 71 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, there is 0 way that reddit reviews even 10% of of the content, probably even 5%, if even that. There's just no way. This is just a scare tactic to get you into their walled garden, to download their app, sign you up, and become a metric.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 6 months ago (9 children)

Yep, why would the subreddit be safer inside their own app xD

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That is exacly what they try to achieve, satansmaggotycumfart.

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 6 months ago (13 children)

Pro tip: add old. in the beggining of url. Reddit still has such answers for niche questions

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 6 months ago

Enshittification

[–] [email protected] 40 points 6 months ago

The only decent way to browse Reddit nowadays is a private frontend called Redlib. You can use the LibRedirect browser extension or the UntrackMe Android app to automatically redirect all Reddit links to Redlib. It's better for privacy, since you don't need to access Reddit directly and thus your information isn't exposed, it works without JavaScript, it doesn't have ads or trackers and works behind a VPN or Tor. It also lets you view NSFW content without any limitations.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

They’ve had this for a while. The cheat code is to change the url to old reddit.

[–] natecox 26 points 6 months ago

Or just “request desktop website”.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The Enshitification will continue until moral improves.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 6 months ago (3 children)

On android, I would recommend using Stealth or Geddit to browse reddit. Stealth has a mode where it scrapes old.reddit.com (and bypasses the API), and Geddit uses the RSS feed to pull content instead of API.

Downside is neither app will let you interact, but I don't have any desire to generate content for reddit anyways.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Love the absence of logic in these messages. Next time it'll be "pay $2 to continue" or "do a barrel roll to continue".

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago

Drink a verification can to continue

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I know it has nothing to do with protecting the users, but how exactly is the app supposed to make viewing unreviewed content safer?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

They make more money that way, ergo safer for investors.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

no offense but who the fuck cares, you know what i mean? that shithole can enjoy the hell it has consigned itself to.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (2 children)

And like, why are people surprised it's only getting worse? Of course it is, we knew long ago the removal of 3rd party app was the beginning of the master plan to monetize our communities.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 months ago

I think what's even more annoying is when you actually do use the app, every community you visit, it pops up a notification that says "turn on notifications so you don't miss updates from this community!"

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (10 children)

Easy fix is to update the url to use "old.reddit.com" rather than the base "www.reddit.com".

That sends you to a version of the site without a bunch of the crap.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (7 children)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago

Don't think of it as them being unprofessional, think of it as them having a safety valve to relieve the pressure of some people wanting to leave Reddit for Lemmy or elsewhere, because of their bs.

Someday, when they're confident enough that they have customer retention locked in, that methodology of bypassing will be removed.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

That's prolly next on chopping block.

They recently blocked logins via old.reddit

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They are doing everything they can so you download their app.

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[–] 0x0 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's been like this for quite some time now.

And anytime you use a browser, you'll always be nagged to continue viewing through browser or use their app. It comes up so obnoxiously and I swear it slows you down. They also make the viewing experience subpar unless you use the app.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Dear Spez: I AM NEVER EVER GOING TO DOWNLOAD YOUR FUCKING APP

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago

Dear Steve.

He ain’t ever going to read that. Can we stop talking about our ex yet?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago

All I'm gonna say is I've been using my banned account and I can still browse any sub.

I literally can't interact in any way but can still see every post.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Firefox+libredirect solves all your woes.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

use old.reddit.com allegedly it lets you through if you click a "yes i am 18" button

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

Cryptobros, e-thots, and ads. That's Reddit these days.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

"Download our app and consume ads on it because... becaaaaauuuuuusssseeeeee, um, let's say SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN? Maybe terrorism? Just pick a reason you'd believe and get the app, okay?"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I haven't been back since the exodus

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