Reddit Will Force Users to Log In Soon
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Locking more content behind login walls is a defensive move against AI scrapers and a bet on first-party data over open reach. If your growth or research workflows depend on public UGC, plan for more friction, more paywalls, and a heavier shift toward APIs and partnerships instead of anonymous scraping.
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