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.
They’ve been intermittently blocking anyone with a VPN or any sort of other obfuscated connection. With the IPO finally out, the pressure is now on to milk every possible cent from the site, makes sense they’d go to 100% block now.
A user who browses without providing a complete, intimate user data profile for advertising is literally worth less to reddit than a user that doesn’t use the site.
I’m not your pardner, buddy.
I’m not your buddy, friend
I’m not your friend, pal
I’m not your pal, hombre
I’m not your hombre bro.
I’m not your bro, bruh.
I’m not your bruh, m8.
I’m not your m8, k8
sh.reddit.comseems to still workPrivacy Guides has a note on their page about Private frontends:
The Old Reddit website doesn’t require as much JavaScript as the new Reddit website does, but it has recently blocked access to IP addresses reserved for public VPNs. You can use Old Reddit in conjunction with the Tor Onion that was launched in October 2022 at https://old.reddittorjg6rue252oqsxryoxengawnmo46qy4kyii5wtqnwfj4ooad.onion.
Alternatively you can just use Redlib as described in this post: https://lemmy.world/post/14141628
Same thing happened to me, and I have a dedicated IP with my VPN. Really pissed me off.
Then I thought, wait, what the shit am I doing on reddit anyway? Reddit sucks assballs.
Which brings me to boil is that they use ‘pardner’.
I’m not your pardner in any way. I just wanted to read an aswer in my search results for a quite specific question.Every time I read this ‘whoa there, pardner’ I want to scream at my screen that they should shut the fuck up.
#littlepissbabydesign
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.
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