So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe
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Reddit now requires login to access old.reddit.com, citing scraping and security concerns. A hands-on comparison of Old vs. New Reddit reveals the real story: Old Reddit serves plain HTML, making it easy to scrape, while New Reddit's bloated JS-heavy frontend adds friction. The 'security' framing appears to be PR spin — Reddit just wants to protect its monetizable, human-generated content.
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