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by Dalewyn 620 days ago
Here's the proper link: https://old.reddit.com/r/SBCGaming/comments/1frjcaa/hey_ever...

I don't know what the fuck "safereddit.com" is, but it is an unnecessary layer of obfuscation when the literal source is right there.

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Safereddit looks like a website that implemented a private front end called redlib:

https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib

Agree that we don’t need to add a layer of obfuscation but this seems to be a way to reduce telemetry captured by Reddit.

Yeah. More directly, their IP blocking has been ramping up. Any of the official domains are inaccessible for me without a proxy these days. I'd post the canonical link if I could access it.
It's necessary when using a VPN, Reddit blocked anonymous access a few months ago