As of a few minutes ago old.reddit.com now seems to requre logging in to access it.

Shame as it was still the best place to browse for info about some niche interests.

Edit: Seems like they might be testing the change as it is hit or miss at the moment.

Edit: Adding this to My flilters in uBlock Origin seems to fix the issue for the time being:

||reddit.com^$header=referer:

  • isleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    5 hours ago

    I haven’t participated in reddit in quite awhile. But I still lurk on some niche communities, and often the site is the best result from search results. For those like me, I recommend redlib. It’s a reddit front-end that lets you browse reddit without the abusive behavior. It won’t allow you to post or comment, but you can still browse.

    Reddit lost access to my comment contributions when their AI banned me for stupid reasons. They lost what ad revenue they could get from me when they blocked old reddit.

    The harder you squeeze, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.

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      3 hours ago

      Thanks for that link there’s 3 subreddits I keep an eye on and haven’t found a replacement and the mobile site and now old are being enshittified. Redlib is working great.

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        2 hours ago

        Yeah you can run it yourself, of there are some public instances that seem to work well enough. I imagine it’s going to be a long term cat-and-mouse game between reddit and the reddit front ends. Reddit will figure out a way to break them, then the devs will find a workaround. Rince and repeat.

        If anyone knows of a similar tool to access Facebook marketplace, I would be very interested.