AnkiDroid: Google Play no longer allowing Open Collective donation link

Re:AnkiDroid: Google Play no longer allowing Open Collective... by xatax on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @11:40AM (#49523470)

There's a workaround if you want it enough.

I noticed that reddit was setting a use_redesign (I might have the name slightly wrong) cookie when I explicitly visited the old.reddit domain, and this caused old reddit to persist. Since I do occasionally want to use the new site for image posts and the like, I set up a bookmarklet to set/unset that cookie on command.

I've since found that setting this cookie bypasses the old.reddit login page, allowing me to view the old site while not logged in. No idea how long that will last though.

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Re:AnkiDroid: Google Play no longer allowing Open Collective... by 1718627440 on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @12:13PM (#49524029)

To what value do I need to set the cookie?

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Re:AnkiDroid: Google Play no longer allowing Open Collective... by xatax on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @10:30PM (#49531044)

I just checked and the cookie is actually redesign_optout. The value doesn't seem to matter - I just checked with value xyz and it worked.

Here's the bookmarklet I use:

javascript:(function(){const old_or_new = prompt("[O]ld or [N]ew?", "New");if (old_or_new.charAt(0).toUpperCase() == 'N') {document.cookie = 'redesign_optout=; Path=/; Domain=.reddit.com; Expires=Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:01 GMT;';} else {document.cookie = 'redesign_optout=true; Path=/; Domain=.reddit.com';}window.location.reload()})();

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Re:AnkiDroid: Google Play no longer allowing Open Collective... by 1718627440 on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @05:30AM (#49533875)

Thanks, that's even better than accessing old.reddit.com!

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Re:AnkiDroid: Google Play no longer allowing Open Collective... by megagpt3 on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @01:10PM (#49524850)

The simple workaround to most of these walls is to create an account with your email address and phone number.

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Re:AnkiDroid: Google Play no longer allowing Open Collective... by fc417fc802 on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @01:26PM (#49525050)

The simple workaround is to not use services that engage in such tactics.

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Re:AnkiDroid: Google Play no longer allowing Open Collective... by 1718627440 on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @01:57PM (#49525426)

Which is not a workaround, but giving in. And it gets increasingly difficult to create an account without giving them personal data.

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Re:AnkiDroid: Google Play no longer allowing Open Collective... by account42 on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @06:45AM (#49534430)

There is a workaround for now. Boil little froggy, boil.

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