So basically every link in Google will be login gated now?
this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2026
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What a sad day. The platform that exposed me to overseas opinions. 🫡
It was ICQ for me but this ain't a grumpy old timer contest
Fuck you spez.
We really need a firefox addon to block reddit from google results automatically
Might as well not even use google 70% of the time though if you exclude reddit. I found before switching to DDG or Startpage that I would have to add reddit or site:reddit.com to my queries.
STOP TALKING ABOUT REDDIT!
What the fuck is reddit?
Oh they dont like people using their website as a website? Guess this is an issue that will solve itself.
ok then i go to frontends. if that also shuts down, then bye bye reddit.
ok, just add this to your duckduckgo searches:
😉👌 done
Evidently not enough people left Reddit due to their last enshittification measure, so the enshittification will continue.
If I've learned anything over the past decade, it's that people in general will put up with an astonishing level of enshittification
Most people seem to not even have any notion of how things can be better. They never even think to look up like "block ads". They just take whatever fuckery they get
people in general will put up with an astonishing level of enshittification
If they didn't, it wouldn't happen (so much). It's like: we get the government we deserve...
Reddit can suck my balls.
old.reddit is the only way I use it. this goes away, I delete my account.
The support forums like r/stopdrinking and r/CPTSD have been lifesavers for me, but reddit just keeps finding new ways to be terrible. RIP Aaron Swartz
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Gotta hand it to Reddit though.
Somehow they keep coming up with ways to piss off more people.
Disabling mobile browser users with an unclosable popup was the drop for me lol
Oh this is nothing. They're currently testing identity verification. As in, "send a pic of your government-issue ID to Persona so they can check who you really are" (and cross-reference you with other sites that use Persona, like LinkedIn etc.)
I'm also surprised they're still allowing old accounts that don't have an email. Or that they're not mandating everybody to add and verify their phone number "for security and 2FA" – another excellent way of cross-referencing people against all kinds of databases. Just imagine what they can get if they work out a deal to share your phone number with Google, or Amazon.
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Redreader still works for Android
Ah but redreader parses old.reddit.com. So with the proposed changes, you will probably need an account to use even the excellent RedReader.
IIRC, when the APIpocolypse happened, Reddit tried really hard to nerf Redreader. They got shamed into allowing it access again on accessibility grounds.
It's only a matter of time before it stops working.
Take solace in knowing that "lol, fuck reddit then" is a perfectly cromulent response to this.
I just hope Lemmy doesn't become Reddit 2.0
I'm not surprised, I was using it to visit NSFW subs for uh research recently in an incognito tab. It kept flagging me and not letting me in. Said I could log in if I think it's an error. Like MF, I am specifically not logged in on purpose.
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Stop Using the Bad Site. Just stop doing it.
I did for two years. This place is great so long as you like talking about trump, tech and trek. Anything involving special interests outside of those though, Reddit has it.
Reddit was so surprised I was back it assumed my account was compromised and permananned me.
My VPN use probably didn't help either
FYI lemmy.world is hostile to VPNs too; I just had to switch servers because it wouldn't let me post a comment due to VPN use.
Reddit was so surprised I was back it assumed my account was compromised and permananned me.
Reddit is Ground Zero for Empty Internet Theory.
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this is why I use safereddit.com and always have. rarely, if ever, lets me down.
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Honestly, one of the few optimistic news I’ve gotten in the last week. Tells me quitting Reddit was a smart move.
I finally switched over. The changes to reddit mobile were awful, this broke the camel’s strained back.
I still read one subreddit regularly via old.reddit.com, via VPN without logging in. I guess I will stop now.
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