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Reddit to Require Login for Old Reddit Access

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from Ars Technica AI ·

Reddit will soon require users to log in to access old.reddit.com, citing it as a major source of abusive data scraping. The change aims to curb unauthorized data extraction that has burdened the platform. Existing logged-in users will see no difference in functionality.

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This move tightens Reddit's control over its data but risks alienating power users who prefer the classic interface.
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