I want to be logged in so I can do most things on Reddit like post and comment. I want it to be a web frontend rather than an app because I keep many tabs on Reddit open in my browser while doing research on things (like digital privacy for instance!). I did some searching and didn’t find any currently working frontends with login support.
Reddit killed them a year ago. That’s why people switched to Lemmy btw.
You mean something using their API? Then I have some bad “news” for you 😅
Because privacy frontends send only the required data without the whole tracking garbage to the corresponding platform. That doesn’t end at API calls, they are missing JS trackers that track your mouse movement, how long you look at a page, etc as well.
Often, a nice side effect is that ads are removed as well.
Wouldn’t disabling JS using something like u-block origin already do that ?
It’s a bit hit and miss. Sometimes tracking functions are baked into the same JS files that are required for a functional site. You could absolutely do a deep dive into minified or even obfuscated JS code, but many people prefer to use something simple instead where no tinkering is required.
Unfortunately, that doesn’t exist without the API. You could use the normal frontend and container tabs for ff. They are an extension, but it’s made by Mozilla and integrates quite well. You can even automate it so Reddit always opens in a specific container.
