Ask HN: Did Reddit just shut down i.reddit.com?

6 points by skizm 3 years ago

On mobile, I've always used https://i.reddit.com/ and just now links started redirecting to their normal mobile site. Anyone else see this?

armchairhacker 3 years ago

> I.reddit.com Has Been Deprecated (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35281562)

> Tell HN: Reddit removed i.reddit.com and reddit.com/.compact (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35283379)

I highly recommend Apollo (https://apolloapp.io/) for browsing reddit on iOS (also RES (https://redditenhancementsuite.com/) for desktops)

skizm 3 years ago

Any other recommendations for browsing reddit without an app?

mostlysimilar 3 years ago

https://old.reddit.com/.compact
- skizm 3 years ago
  
  Oh man, you're a lifesaver. Thanks!
- thanatos519 3 years ago
  
  .compact stopped working for me sometime in the last 10 hours or so.
  
  hpaavola 3 years ago
  
  Same for me. Last night old.reddit.com/.compact was working just fine, not anymore. Redirects to non-.compact.
- hnthrowaway0328 3 years ago
  
  Sadly it stopped working now. Well the new reddit mobile site is not too bad, except too slow somehow.
LinuxBender 3 years ago

Not an app so to speak but a browser addon [1] that redirects to privacy site-specific proxies for Reddit, Youtube, Twitter and several others. Each can be toggled on/off.
[1] - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/libredirect/
- marssaxman 3 years ago
  
  Wish that worked on firefox mobile!
  
  LinuxBender 3 years ago
  
  Oh good point, I had not checked if that was one of the few approved addons for the mobile version. I forgot that is very limited. I do very little from my cell phone as I can not stand the UI/UX of smart phones.