The issue here is that they've changed Old Reddit to require a login going forward.

> Version 3.0.0 has been rewritten from scratch to keep old Reddit working while logged out

https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect

Doesn't work either, still asks to sign in.

Sounds odd. Works just fine for me. I'm blocked if I disable it, but can access when I enable it.

In my experience McCarthy can spend an entire book without getting to the subject.