minus-squarecarbunkie@kbin.socialtoReddit@lemmy.world•Libreddit's public instances shutting down due to Reddit's API changeslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoDoesn’t running a local instance mean your activity is tied to your API key and your IP address? If that’s the case, I feel like browsing old.reddit behind a VPN is more private and less fuss (though I’m willing to be proven wrong!) Edit: from Libreddit’s Public Instances are Shutting Down #840: Their new limits mean the project would only work for small instances and who authenticate using OAuth, effectively voiding any privacy benefits of using Libreddit. linkfedilink
Doesn’t running a local instance mean your activity is tied to your API key and your IP address?
If that’s the case, I feel like browsing old.reddit behind a VPN is more private and less fuss (though I’m willing to be proven wrong!)
Edit: from Libreddit’s Public Instances are Shutting Down #840: