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Use either old.reddit.com or i.reddit.com Firefox and Chrome both have old Reddit plugins that will do it automatically. Unfortunately it's not compatible wit

Use either old.reddit.com or i.reddit.com Firefox and Chrome both have old Reddit plugins that will do it automatically. Unfortunately it's not compatible with newer Firefox android .

ekianjo 4y ago
> newer Firefox android . still waiting for mozilla to release more than 5 extensions on android. they are too busy with other things apparently.
- Pigalowda 4y ago
  You paying anyone at Mozilla to do that work? If you are - then gripe away
  - ekianjo 4y ago
    Sorry but they the ones that took away the hundreds of extensions before. With great power comes great responsibility, not great laziness.
  - kunagi7 4y ago
    Well, most extensions seem to work great already. But that requires using either Nightly Firefox (and some hacks) or using a fork (like Iceraven) that loads a different extension list. So, it's easier to switch to browsers like Kiwi Browser (privacy concerns aside so be cautious!) if you want a better extension support experience. Bromite and Vivaldi also have great built-in adblockers but sadly no full extension support. So, I dropped Firefox on all my devices and moved to Vivaldi + Kiwi Browser and that works like a charm.
hbn 4y ago
I also have a very strong hunch that the day is coming where this gets deprecated. There will be some kind of big database migration or service refactor, and reddit devs will not want to be messing with that "gross, old legacy codebase" to make it continue working and so the entire thing will be taken offline.
- bdw5204 4y ago
  The day they shut down "old" Reddit is probably the day a large number of people leave Reddit altogether because the main Reddit site is a dark patterns hell. I think they'll still do it though because most web sites only want the kind of users who don't know how to install ad blockers.
  - bil7 4y ago
    large number? Reddit has seen by far the most growth after switching to the new UI. The old reddit has already not been maintained to support new features such as polls.
    - undersuit 4y ago
      Maybe it's a larger number than you suspect. r/TheBoys had a controversial poll recently and had less than 400 responses for their 500k subscribers.
      - sofixa 4y ago
        Subreddit moderators get per-platform (old/new reddit.com, official mobile app, third-party mobile app) stats and all that I've seen share those numbers indicate new reddit.com is minority, old.reddit.com is basically invisible, vast majority is mobile apps. Of course it will be highly subreddit dependent.
  - clint 4y ago
    the vast vast VAST majority of people using reddit are using the official mobile apps. The number of people using the web, and even alternative clients is like a drop of rain in a monsoon.
    - tablespoon 4y ago
      > the vast vast VAST majority of people using reddit are using the official mobile apps. The number of people using the web, and even alternative clients is like a drop of rain in a monsoon. Users aren't equivalent though. IIRC, "the vast vast VAST majority of people" don't comment or post, either.
Rackedup 4y ago
> Unfortunately it's not compatible with newer Firefox android . I'm using it on Firefox Android... Mozilla just made it hard to use most addons. You have to create an addon collection, add the extensions that you want to it, and then use that collection on Firefox Android: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-use-collections-addonsmozillaorg https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-use-collections-add...
- Rackedup 4y ago
  First they removed a lot of useful features from Firefox. Then tell us we should implement them as an addon. Then handicap addons. <- now Then remove addons. <- future Sounds a bit like "embrace, extend and extinguish"... Note: I switched to Firefox when it came out because of addons...
  - bennysomething 4y ago
    Are they really getting rid of addons
- bennysomething 4y ago
  Wait. What!? This is great news, thanks.
LinuxBender 4y ago
PrivacyRedirect [1] is a nice multi-purpose addon for this in my opinion. Most of the redirects can be easily customized and all of them can individually be enabled/disabled. It also has multiple nitter/teddit proxies defined for the times they get overloaded. Redirects Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, & Google Maps requests to privacy friendly alternatives - Nitter, Invidious, Bibliogram, & OpenStreetMap. When the time comes that addons do not get around such things, then I would suggest BlockSite [2] [1] - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-redirect/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-redir... [2] - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/block-website/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/block-website...
- mastazi 4y ago
  LibRedirect[1] is a currently maintained fork of PrivacyRedirect, with additional features (PrivacyRedirect is no longer maintained since late 2021) [2] [1] https://libredirect.github.io/ https://libredirect.github.io/ [2] https://libredirect.github.io/faq.html#why_forking_privacy_redirect https://libredirect.github.io/faq.html#why_forking_privacy_r...
  - LinuxBender 4y ago
    Oh nice, and it has a much more complete list of alternatives too. [1] [1] - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/libredirect/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/libredirect/
    - mastazi 4y ago
      Yes, true, I was bummed when I saw that Privacy Redirect is unmaintained but then a few users on Github mentioned LibRedirect and now that I'm using it, I'm really happy, it works great

Use either old.reddit.com or i.reddit.com Firefox and Chrome both have old Reddit plugins that will do it automatically. Unfortunately it's not compatible with newer Firefox android .

ekianjo 4y ago

> newer Firefox android . still waiting for mozilla to release more than 5 extensions on android. they are too busy with other things apparently.

Pigalowda 4y ago
You paying anyone at Mozilla to do that work? If you are - then gripe away
- ekianjo 4y ago
  Sorry but they the ones that took away the hundreds of extensions before. With great power comes great responsibility, not great laziness.
- kunagi7 4y ago
  Well, most extensions seem to work great already. But that requires using either Nightly Firefox (and some hacks) or using a fork (like Iceraven) that loads a different extension list. So, it's easier to switch to browsers like Kiwi Browser (privacy concerns aside so be cautious!) if you want a better extension support experience. Bromite and Vivaldi also have great built-in adblockers but sadly no full extension support. So, I dropped Firefox on all my devices and moved to Vivaldi + Kiwi Browser and that works like a charm.

hbn 4y ago

I also have a very strong hunch that the day is coming where this gets deprecated. There will be some kind of big database migration or service refactor, and reddit devs will not want to be messing with that "gross, old legacy codebase" to make it continue working and so the entire thing will be taken offline.

bdw5204 4y ago
The day they shut down "old" Reddit is probably the day a large number of people leave Reddit altogether because the main Reddit site is a dark patterns hell. I think they'll still do it though because most web sites only want the kind of users who don't know how to install ad blockers.
- bil7 4y ago
  large number? Reddit has seen by far the most growth after switching to the new UI. The old reddit has already not been maintained to support new features such as polls.
  - undersuit 4y ago
    Maybe it's a larger number than you suspect. r/TheBoys had a controversial poll recently and had less than 400 responses for their 500k subscribers.
    - sofixa 4y ago
      Subreddit moderators get per-platform (old/new reddit.com, official mobile app, third-party mobile app) stats and all that I've seen share those numbers indicate new reddit.com is minority, old.reddit.com is basically invisible, vast majority is mobile apps. Of course it will be highly subreddit dependent.
- clint 4y ago
  the vast vast VAST majority of people using reddit are using the official mobile apps. The number of people using the web, and even alternative clients is like a drop of rain in a monsoon.
  - tablespoon 4y ago
    > the vast vast VAST majority of people using reddit are using the official mobile apps. The number of people using the web, and even alternative clients is like a drop of rain in a monsoon. Users aren't equivalent though. IIRC, "the vast vast VAST majority of people" don't comment or post, either.

Rackedup 4y ago

> Unfortunately it's not compatible with newer Firefox android . I'm using it on Firefox Android... Mozilla just made it hard to use most addons. You have to create an addon collection, add the extensions that you want to it, and then use that collection on Firefox Android: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-use-collections-addonsmozillaorg https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-use-collections-add...

Rackedup 4y ago
First they removed a lot of useful features from Firefox. Then tell us we should implement them as an addon. Then handicap addons. <- now Then remove addons. <- future Sounds a bit like "embrace, extend and extinguish"... Note: I switched to Firefox when it came out because of addons...
- bennysomething 4y ago
  Are they really getting rid of addons
bennysomething 4y ago
Wait. What!? This is great news, thanks.

LinuxBender 4y ago

PrivacyRedirect [1] is a nice multi-purpose addon for this in my opinion. Most of the redirects can be easily customized and all of them can individually be enabled/disabled. It also has multiple nitter/teddit proxies defined for the times they get overloaded. Redirects Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, & Google Maps requests to privacy friendly alternatives - Nitter, Invidious, Bibliogram, & OpenStreetMap. When the time comes that addons do not get around such things, then I would suggest BlockSite [2] [1] - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-redirect/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-redir... [2] - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/block-website/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/block-website...

mastazi 4y ago
LibRedirect[1] is a currently maintained fork of PrivacyRedirect, with additional features (PrivacyRedirect is no longer maintained since late 2021) [2] [1] https://libredirect.github.io/ https://libredirect.github.io/ [2] https://libredirect.github.io/faq.html#why_forking_privacy_redirect https://libredirect.github.io/faq.html#why_forking_privacy_r...
- LinuxBender 4y ago
  Oh nice, and it has a much more complete list of alternatives too. [1] [1] - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/libredirect/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/libredirect/
  - mastazi 4y ago
    Yes, true, I was bummed when I saw that Privacy Redirect is unmaintained but then a few users on Github mentioned LibRedirect and now that I'm using it, I'm really happy, it works great