Reddit will ask for an account to read most pages
Reddit plans to make most browsing need a login. The front page, and posts opened from Google or a shared link, should stay open; tests start outside the US in the coming months.
What it means for you
If you read Reddit without an account, for example a subreddit you check now and then, you may soon be asked to log in. Answers you find through Google should still open.
What to do
Nothing changes yet. If you follow subreddits without an account, think about making a free one; Reddit hasn't said when the tests reach your country.
The details
Reddit's CEO Steve Huffman names personalisation, ads and protecting Reddit's data from AI scraping as the reasons. About 59% of Reddit's daily visitors browsed without an account in the last quarter. What logged-out visitors will see isn't decided yet.
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