They are now telling me that I need an account to use old.reddit.com (the only usable version of Reddit UI). Needless to say, I have stopped visiting Reddit completely.

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pred_ 37 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

FWIW, Old Reddit Redirect manages to somehow still be usable without a user.

	▲	jwilk 9 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		They do this by setting cookie "redesign_optout=true" for www.reddit.com (and then using that domain).
	▲	immibis2 19 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		You're being A/B tested.

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boston_clone 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Perhaps more frustratingly, if you bite the bullet and browse the "new" version on your mobile browser, the page will eventually become non-responsive and have ~60% of your screen covered by a bottom banner that prompts you to download their app to continue. It's like they are actively trying to kill their userbase.

	▲	immibis2 18 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Like most big tech companies now, they are actively trying to kill their non-contributing userbase, where contributing means viewing an ad for every second post. They know that perhaps 5% of the non-contributing userbase they kill will become contributing userbase, while the other 95% will just leave, and this trade seems good to them.