Reddit will soon make you log in just to read it.
Reddit said in its earnings letter on Thursday that the site will become logged-in only. Tests start this quarter in some markets outside the US. Chief executive Steve Huffman says most unauthorised scraping of Reddit happens through logged-out visits.
Why it mattersThe answers you find through search may soon sit behind a sign-up wall. The open web is shrinking as sites guard their data from AI training.
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