They Killed Old Reddit

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.

RIP. I quit ~10 years ago, but you didn't deserve this.

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.

Better to adopt with apps like redreader, customisable and away from ads and unusable mobile web ui.

Finally, I can stop using it. It's better this way.

Finally, I'm free

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.

Still works for me (not logged in).

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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give_me_liberty_or_give_me_dea...!

So anyone knows a good Android RSS reader?

why you are thinking this?

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.