Reddit is putting more limits on Old.Reddit.com

Reddit is tightening access to Old.Reddit.com and ending RSS feed support to curb scraping and automated traffic, signaling a broader shift toward platform controls over legacy, open-web access patterns. For CIOs and technology leaders, this highlights the operational risk of depending on third-party consumer platforms for workflows, alerts, and data ingestion, and the need to reassess brittle integrations before vendors change or remove them. IT organizations should expect more friction around unofficial access paths and plan for migration to supported APIs, approved automation tools, and vendor-managed alternatives.