For years, Reddit has shown mobile users who aren’t logged in an annoying, screen-blocking overlay insisting that they download the Reddit app. Soon, the experience of getting slapped in the face with some kind of walled-garden enforcement mechanism while trying to glance at Reddit will expand to even more platforms, at least judging by a recent post by Reddit CEO Steve Huffman.

As flagged by The Verge , Huffman (who goes by the Reddit username “spez”) posted to the site on Thursday announcing that Reddit will become a “primarily logged-in experience,” and that providing the best version of Reddit “requires personalization.” Translation: There will be some kind of new wall around Reddit content that limits what unregistered users can see, presumably applying beyond mobile to the desktop site. Huffman acknowledged it’s a big shift for open-internet types, himself included.

“And I don’t know about you, but as someone whose life has been defined by the open internet, it’s a big change for me,” Huffman wrote.…