Reddit's CEO has stated that the forum site will move to “a logged-in-only experience”, and has pointed the finger at AI for forcing this change. When you ask google "Best Computer to buy 2026 Reddit" it now gives you the reddit consensus in it's summary, you're no longer browsing Reddit and giving them precious ad revenue. Is this the last domino to fall for the death of the 'free internet' as we once knew it? And moreover, does that even matter?

 

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Reddit's CEO has stated that the forum site will move to &ldquo;a logged-in-only experience&rdquo;, and has pointed the finger at AI for forcing this change. When you ask google "Best Computer to buy 2026 Reddit" it now gives you the reddit consensus in it's summary, you're no longer browsing Reddit and giving them precious ad revenue. Is this the last domino to fall for the death of the 'free internet' as we once knew it? And moreover, does that even matter?
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