Old reddit still works for me; however, ten minutes ago I encountered - for the first time ever - a mandatory signup modal on new reddit. The only options for viewing the thread without an account were old reddit, or DOM manipulation. They are definitely moving, and the writing is on the wall - no more anonymous reddit access, going forward.
Looking forward to nitter-style reddit proxies springing up so we can actually read the information freely contributed by decades of unpaid volunteers.
I’ve found it depends on where I connect from. If I’m using my home WiFi, it works. If I use 4G or a VPN, I get the login prompt. Still seems to work on my WiFi at the moment.
It seems to work fine here. Just be aware that you need to go into the site settings and re‑enable Old Reddit (even if it’s already enabled, you have to toggle it again). They did that some time ago, and it doesn't "remember" your preference if you use a fresh browser session.
The first of thousands of paywalls and gatekeeping of the old, free internet into the new subscription economy. All the old wisdom locked behind a login screen.
There was an album by the Dead Kennedys called "Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death!"--an homage to the Patrick Henry battle cry--and I often recall its sentiments while reading HN comments.
Old reddit still works for me; however, ten minutes ago I encountered - for the first time ever - a mandatory signup modal on new reddit. The only options for viewing the thread without an account were old reddit, or DOM manipulation. They are definitely moving, and the writing is on the wall - no more anonymous reddit access, going forward.
Looking forward to nitter-style reddit proxies springing up so we can actually read the information freely contributed by decades of unpaid volunteers.
I’ve found it depends on where I connect from. If I’m using my home WiFi, it works. If I use 4G or a VPN, I get the login prompt. Still seems to work on my WiFi at the moment.
yup. been saying here several times that when old.reddit goes so goes me.
and thus, am done
tried to hit the profile or make the change but can't get to it -- straight to log-in / create profile
It seems to work fine here. Just be aware that you need to go into the site settings and re‑enable Old Reddit (even if it’s already enabled, you have to toggle it again). They did that some time ago, and it doesn't "remember" your preference if you use a fresh browser session.
nope. this has to do with not being logged in. you used to go to old.reddit.com without being logged in.
That's gone now.
I'm not logged in and I still get old reddit. It depends on where you are.
Better to adopt with apps like redreader, customisable and away from ads and unusable mobile web ui.
pretty sure that's next.
Not yet for me
RIP. I quit ~10 years ago, but you didn't deserve this.
Still works for me (not logged in).
Does not for me. Likely an A/B rollout.
For me it stopped working suddenly yesterday (2026-08-10); some "proxies" are still getting in but heavens know for how long.
Same here, went dark between two clicks.
Finally, I'm free
Finally, I can stop using it. It's better this way.
The first of thousands of paywalls and gatekeeping of the old, free internet into the new subscription economy. All the old wisdom locked behind a login screen.
Someone’s about to learn how hard it is to get critical mass for a social media application in 2026.
Every user is gold.
No one sticks.
Cascading failure collapse starting with smaller subreddits.
They didn’t kill anything. What they did is require you to login to use Old Reddit as its simplistic web design made it easy to scrape.
"They didn't remove anything, they just removed anonymous access"
yes? you can use your words and come off less like an ass, y'know.
So anyone knows a good Android RSS reader?
There was an album by the Dead Kennedys called "Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death!"--an homage to the Patrick Henry battle cry--and I often recall its sentiments while reading HN comments.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give_me_liberty_or_give_me_dea...!
why you are thinking this?