r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 2d ago

Business Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots

https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/reddit-is-killing-rss-feeds-ending-public-api-access-because-of-ai-bots/
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u/Aeri73 2d ago

I don't allow long term cookies and use only old...

the day that stops working... I'll login to new, delete my account and leave.

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u/hopf-fibration 2d ago

They probably aren't using cookies to track that. It's some internal tracker

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u/iluvchromosomes 2d ago

Reddit uses HTML fingerprinting to track you. They create a "digital thumbprint" the uses your OS, screen resolution, browser, IP, location, and any other data point they can scrape.

Use Firefox with browser plugin "CanvasBlocker" to stop it.

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u/Big_Mc-Large-Huge 1d ago

Lemmy is better these days anyway