As of a few minutes ago old.reddit.com now seems to requre logging in to access it.
Shame as it was still the best place to browse for info about some niche interests.
Edit: Seems like they might be testing the change as it is hit or miss at the moment.
Edit: Adding this to My flilters in uBlock Origin seems to fix the issue for the time being:
||reddit.com^$header=referer:
I’m not talking about on mobile, I mean I’m being locked out of new reddit even on desktop.
I’ve seen this as well on dssktop. Over Reddit. Lemmy seems less bot ridden anyway