Reddit is announcing a huge shift: It’s going to start requiring users to log in.
Right now, you can browse Reddit without having an account…
Huffman claims the login requirement is better for Reddit’s user experience and its ads business and is “more protective of Reddit data.” The “vast majority” of unauthorized Reddit access happens “through our logged-out experiences,” though the company will still strike licensing deals of its data with companies, like the deals it made with OpenAI and Google in 2024.
Source [web-archived; 2026-10-29_20-16-09Z]
Related: https://www.theverge.com/tech/1002788/old-reddit-ai-scraping (…cut back access to ‘Old Reddit’ because of AI bots…)
I would like to be the first to thank them for this move. It’s going to do wonderful things for the Fediverse.
Yeah maybe we get ads and investors and bots aswell! I’m glad we rely on unpaid labor to fix all this! /s
Nobody is being forced to code the platform or host an instance. Most who do it are doing it out of love or genuine interest or passion or whatever else
Yeah, and people will burn out from this, as have countless reddit mods. All the while commercial Fediverse instances might take over.
That is possible, I do not disagree
They still have real lives in the real world and their own things happening, and need sleep, relaxation, recreation, family time.
I do not disagree at all. Your comment also does not invalidate what I said in any way.
I’m not suggesting it does. Lemmy will need more help, financially and “for the love,” on the influx.
Some people actually enjoy building these things and do it for the love of the game
Let’s see for how long they’ll still like it. 🫠