Goodbye [old].[reddit].

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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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.
I’m not your pardner, buddy.
- I’m not your buddy, friend
  
  I'm not your friend, pal
  
  I'm not your friend, pal.
  
  I’m not your friend, pal
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.
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.
Wow, thats actually a pretty big deal. Maybe we can get a few more posters here for reddits bad calls.
- What is sh.reddit.com
#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.
  
  Not logged in and using Mullvad, and it works fine.
I was wondering why I kept getting this error message the other day when trying to get some context on a technical project at work. I didn't want to believe it. I'm saddened by the end of an era, probably the same way the last few users on Digg felt. Everything sucks...
- you can still use redlib for now
Started happening for me too. Reddit can pry my data out from my vpn's cold, dead fingers.
Gotta play the vpn whack-a-moke game if ya wanna keep using old. Changing your exit location a few times usually gets ya in, for a while
Same for me. Sad days my brother
Not sure what VPN you're using, but I found that PIA is blocked, but Proton isn't, as of last week anyway, something could have changed.
- I'm using Mullvad.
  
  I have mullvad and also browse certain Reddit communities without an account. Some of the servers still get through. If you're using US servers I know there are a few of the NY, Atlanta, and Virginia servers I've been able to get through on. I've also gotten through on some of the West Coast ones but I can't remember which ones, I only remember the last 3 because they were the last ones I trial and error throughed while actually paying attention to which servers I was connecting to instead of picking at random.
  
  One of Mullvad's Switzerland servers worked for me today
- Surfshark doesn’t seem to be either.
- on ExpressVPN many servers are blocked but if you pick a smaller country like Luxembourg it can work
What do you type to eliminate reddit from search results?
- if your engine supports Boolean Search, you could try "-reddit.com" after your search without the quotes.
  
  -site:reddit.com is more explicit. Then you don't block pages that merely mention reddit.com.
  Works on Google. Maybe others.
this happens, but rarely, not dead yet
VPN to your router too?
Privacy 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

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