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>Reddit is now this way too.

You can still use https://old.reddit.com with no login. It's cleaner and snappier.

They're starting to block that and are starting to require logins for old reddit

You can use Old Reddit Redirect [1] to fix it (for now).

Is this a cruel joke?

Why ?

Old Reddit now requires login and ID verification

Not in the US thankfully.

I'm in the USand I have the authwall. Maybe it is a california thing I dunno.