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Twitter locked behind login page. (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by rooster_butt@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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So today I clicked a twitter link because companies like to use it for official announcements, only to be greeted with a login page. Was annoyed then I remembered nitter exists. It just prompted me to install Privacy Redirect which I should have done ages ago.

Github: https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect

Chrome Web Store: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/privacy-redirect/pmcmeagblkinmogikoikkdjiligflglb/related

Firefox Browser Add-ons: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-redirect/

Looks like twitter waited for the reddit API changes to do push this change to try to do it under the radar.

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[–] ThetaDev@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

What nitter instance are you using? I'm getting an error message indicating an empty json document.

[–] danhasnolife@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

The enshittification continues. Cannot believe they are taking a page out of Pinterest, of all places.

[–] KrapKake@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Reddit... And now Twitter can go right into the garbage. Not using the stupid official app and I am not making a Twitter account. Nope.

[–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't know if I should be laughing or crying. It's readily apparent that Musk and Spez don't understand their product. Like, at all. Governments, politicians, NGOs, and businesses use Twitter because of the broad audience. It works as a platform for announcements because anyone can access it.

Locking it down to only Twitter users kills this. It isn't going to help ad revenue either to reduce the audience.

I saw some people say this was a tech issue and not a policy change, and that better be the case if Twitter wants to survive. They lose their last competitive advantage otherwise.

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[–] tryagain@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Either, or both. The Fediverse is the way forward for government announcements.

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[–] a253040@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago

I deleted my mostly unused account shortly after Musk started showing his crazy. Anything that makes it harder to use it accidentally is fine by me.

[–] Torturechamber@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I believe this was an old implementation, seems to be rolled out in batches. Anyhow fuck twitter as well

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I thought Twitter had always required a sign in. I've never had a Twitter account so I'm always locked out.

[–] LittleBigDonDon@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Lol, same

[–] Hildegarde@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Previously you could view linked tweets. It would be very annoying if you're not logged in. It would try to obstruct your view with a giant popup telling you to log in, but until today, twitter was readable without an account.

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