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They simply hope that X will not go after them. There are some instances which do put in effort to stay anonymous, and they usually do that with a Cloudflare tunnel to hide their server IP and by not posting any personal details online. For Reddit you can use Redlib (https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib), I host an instance at https://redlib.minin", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Nitter has more working instances than before the takedowns"}, {"id": 784231232, "item_id": 49014452, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49014452", "by": "y-c-o-m-b", "date": "2026-07-22", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "In which case you have some alternatives:", "excerpt": "If you were using old.reddit.com then presumably you were viewing popular by default? In which case you have some alternatives: https://safereddit.com/ https://lemmy.today/?dataType=Post&listingType=All&sort=TopDay OR https://old.lemmy.world/?listingType=All&sort=TopDay https://piefed.social/ (more or less the same as above)", "context": "", "use_case": "Reddit web frontend", "switched_from": "", "story": "So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe"}, {"id": 764295952, "item_id": 47768497, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47768497", "by": "0x54MUR41", "date": "2026-04-14", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Now, I am using the alternative, like https://safereddit.com.", "excerpt": "Thank you for sharing. It's been a year I think I haven't used Reddit apps on mobile phone. It feels much better since the apps keep recommending me something that they think I am interested in. Now, I am using the alternative, like https://safereddit.com.", "context": "", "use_case": "browsing Reddit without app", "switched_from": "Reddit", "story": "Tell HN: Reddit now demands to know why you won't use their app"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["reddit frontend", "reddit web frontend", "browsing reddit without app"], "compared": [], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49812975", "title": "I am done with this shit", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49571634", "title": "Nitter has more working instances than before the takedowns", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49005747", "title": "So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47746849", "title": "Tell HN: Reddit now demands to know why you won't use their app", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {"recommend": 1, "neutral": 1}, "2026-10": {}}, "versions": [], "version_unnamed": 0, "family_ref": null, "runs_on": null, "lines": [], "quotes": [{"id": 797027921, "item_id": 49814245, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49814245", "by": "bergheim", "date": "2026-09-23", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I was taken immediately here https://safereddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1wm5c21/i_am_done_with_this_shit/", "excerpt": "I was taken immediately here https://safereddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1wm5c21/i_am_done_with_this_shit/ I use https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/libredirect/", "context": "", "use_case": "Reddit frontend", "switched_from": "", "story": "I am done with this shit"}, {"id": 793323569, "item_id": 49582723, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49582723", "by": "miningtcup", "date": "2026-09-06", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "people also like", "excerpt": "Most nitter instances don't do anything to avoid legal trouble from X. They simply hope that X will not go after them. There are some instances which do put in effort to stay anonymous, and they usually do that with a Cloudflare tunnel to hide their server IP and by not posting any personal details online. For Reddit you can use Redlib (https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib), I host an instance at https://redlib.minin", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Nitter has more working instances than before the takedowns"}, {"id": 784231232, "item_id": 49014452, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49014452", "by": "y-c-o-m-b", "date": "2026-07-22", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "In which case you have some alternatives:", "excerpt": "If you were using old.reddit.com then presumably you were viewing popular by default? In which case you have some alternatives: https://safereddit.com/ https://lemmy.today/?dataType=Post&listingType=All&sort=TopDay OR https://old.lemmy.world/?listingType=All&sort=TopDay https://piefed.social/ (more or less the same as above)", "context": "", "use_case": "Reddit web frontend", "switched_from": "", "story": "So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe"}, {"id": 764295952, "item_id": 47768497, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47768497", "by": "0x54MUR41", "date": "2026-04-14", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Now, I am using the alternative, like https://safereddit.com.", "excerpt": "Thank you for sharing. It's been a year I think I haven't used Reddit apps on mobile phone. It feels much better since the apps keep recommending me something that they think I am interested in. Now, I am using the alternative, like https://safereddit.com.", "context": "", "use_case": "browsing Reddit without app", "switched_from": "Reddit", "story": "Tell HN: Reddit now demands to know why you won't use their app"}]}