Goodbye [old].[reddit].[com]

DeadNinja@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.world – 347 points –

For a while Reddit dot com has been blocking my browser since I use a VPN, but old reddit was still functional for me. Although I closed my reddit account just after the API-exodus, I still frequent the niche communities which has hyper-specific topics discussed.

Found to my surprise today that they are now blocking old reddit as well if I use a VPN.

Never thought that [old].[reddit].[com] would one day show that f'kin "Whoa there Pardner" page.

Fuck you spez. Really, fuck you.

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odd. old.reddit.com is still working for me.

If you are logged in and on a VPN it works, if you're not logged in and on a VPN it doesn't anymore. This started happening to me about 5 days ago as well.

Not logged in, still works for me.

Consider changing your ip/location.

Ditto, not logged in, incognito (so no cookies/history, I know it's not actually incognito), VPN exiting in Canada. old.reddit working fine.

Could also be a staggered rollout thing? VPN/endpoint dependent while they gather data on endpoints?