(I’m aware that many Lemmy users hate Reddit. this discussion would be useful for anyone that Lemmy users that also use Reddit)

This came as a big surprise to many users on places like r/help and r/bugs, including me. Reddit made this post last week on it: Say goodbye to new.reddit on Dec 11, 2024 : r/modnews.

Seeing this r/privacy post: sh.reddit (shreddit) is a Google spyware machine designed to de-anonymize you : r/privacy, New New reddit (2023 Reddit redesign) pings Google repatcha on every single page load. I saw the comments but its not clear how to counter this other than using old.reddit.com (which I like even less than 2023 reddit) or using 3rd party apps.

  • @[email protected]English
    2•5 hours ago

    Are you aware of Redlib? Self-hostable frontend for Reddit aimed at privacy. I’ve never had a problem with old.reddit but Redlib has a bit of a more modern UI if that’s what you’re after. There are a bunch of public instances if you don’t want to host it.

    Otherwise I’m sure you could use uMatrix to disable the tracking (can’t give detailed instructions sorry), but I’d argue hitting Reddit’s domain at all is already less than ideal if you’re trying not to be tracked.