Reddit imposes new restrictions on Old Reddit

Center: <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1002788/old-reddit-ai-scraping" rel="noopener nofollow">Reddit says it has to cut back access to ‘Old Reddit’ because of AI bots — www.theverge.com
Center: <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/reddit-will-block-old-reddit-com-from-people-who-havent-used-it-in-6-months/" rel="noopener nofollow">Reddit is putting more limits on Old.Reddit.com — www.arstechnica.com
Center: <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/reddit-is-killing-rss-feeds-ending-public-api-access-because-of-ai-bots/" rel="noopener nofollow">Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots — techcrunch.com
Center: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/sep/30/people-are-asking-who-their-uber-drivers-are-on-the-phone-to-welcome-to-the-long-long-diaspora-phone-call" rel="noopener nofollow">Who’s your Uber driver on the phone to? Welcome to the long, long diaspora phone call — www.theguardian.com

Source: www.engadget.com · Section: business-tech · Bias: Left · Published: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:49:56 GMT

The Old Reddit is dying; the new Reddit struggles to avoid scraping.