Why does Reddit use out.reddit.com?
Reddit reroutes outbound links through its own tracking server (`out.reddit.com/...&url=...`) to record click stats before sending you to the destination. On poor connections, this hop can lag or fail completely.
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Unredirect detects `out.reddit.com` navigations in Safari, extracts the actual destination from the `url` parameter locally, and opens it directly, completely eliminating the tracking hop.
- Example Interstitial URL
- https://out.reddit.com/t3_xyz?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSwift
- Direct Target
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift
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FAQ
Does this affect normal Reddit browsing?
No. Only outbound links routed through `out.reddit.com` are intercepted. Viewing posts, comments, subreddits, and user profiles is completely untouched.
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