old.reddit.com is fine. The alternatives are awful. So when old.reddit.com is removed, I'll be leaving Reddit.

Yeah. Can nowadays also be toggled in the settings so you don't have to setup any redirect extension. Which makes me hopeful that it might not be going away but I'm not holding my breath.

Without old Reddit (and third-party apps on mobile) I'd stop using Reddit completely, I have zero doubts about that.

You still want a redirect extension since that forces it even if you're in, say, an incognito tab. The settings piece will only work if you're signed in.

Good point. I haven't had any need for incognito Reddit since I discovered the setting.

Another option is firefox with ublock origin.

Reddit subscription is $60 a year. That removes ads.

Imagine paying $60 to remove ads from Reddit. In what possible world would that seem like an investment worth making?

I suspect that will also go away soon.

The question is how long it'll be for "isn't" to become "wasn't".

I actually want that to happen, it will probably be the thing to finally make me kick my reddit addiction.

old.* is the next thing that will be removed.

My prediction as a former i.reddit.com user is: don't get too attached.

old.reddit is showing the same issues that i.reddit had, such as redirecting you to "regular" reddit if you click on a title instead of the comments. I think old.reddit will keep accumulating small papercuts like these until enough users give up, at which point it will be shut down without recourse. Reddit can't do this right now because some moderation features don't work well outside of old.reddit, but the fact that everything outside the "official" website is being degraded or shut down should give you pause.

I would wager most people who are serious about using old.reddit are doing it via extensions, since that approach works even when signed out - so many don't notice e.g that title bug.

> redirecting you to "regular" reddit if you click on a title instead of the comments

Old reddit has been working exactly the same for quite a few years now and I can't remember it ever redirecting me to the new version. Perhaps this happens if you're logged in and have the new version set as default or something?

i.reddit.com was different than old.reddit.com - it was designed for easy use on mobile. I was recently killed, just like old.reddit.com will be.

I can reproduce it when clicking in the posts of some "best of" subreddits (/r/bestof, /r/bestoflegaladvice, and so on) when logged out - even though you never leave Reddit, clicking on a link will take you to the "regular" Reddit version while the comments remain in "old" Reddit.

i.reddit.com was great, miss it dearly.

ew.reddit.com is even better.