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It's frustrating how some people insist on prefixing reddit URLs with "old", requiring everybody else who opens their link to load the wrong page, edit it, and reload the modern version. 3 seconds of OPs time could have saved thousands of people from wasting their 8 seconds each.


And how do you think everyone else feels about being forced to open a shitty mobile page with 30x the data requirements and extra telemetry, popups about using an app, and asking for a login and requiring people to edit the title with old.


> requiring everybody else who opens their link to load the wrong page, edit it

It's not required. You have a preference for the "new" experience, but many people see the additional time it takes to load and read the "new" experience as the actual waste of time.


> requiring everybody else who opens their link to load the wrong page, edit it, and reload the modern version

Don't put everyone in the bandwagon that wants the new Reddit UX. It happens because many people don't.


Maybe I like the misery!

https://youtu.be/dwz6vBp8MPw


I prefer the old links as they don’t put up login walls or other popups that try to get me to use an account.




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