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Friendlier, less user-hostile link:

https://old.reddit.com/r/AskEngineers/comments/so6e8h/commen...

(The main site goes to great lengths to force registration, even hiding the content after a few seconds (!) when a mobile user-agent is detected)

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Thanks, updated my post. I'm usually logged in in the classic site so I didn't think what it would be like for others.

I've been using this[1] plugin (made by a friend) for years now to get around this issue.

1: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/reddit-fixer/boahh...

Yes, these are popular, although unfortunately they don't help the most abused clients: mobile users. Anyhow, this is off-topic. Reddit is an ungrateful, rent-seeking gatekeeper of UGC, news at 11.

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