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.

  • zeppo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    this is true, but that would require their audience to know about and use RSS.

    • lemmyvoreEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      People had to learn to use Twitter too, they can learn to use a feed reader. Or they can just read a website. It used to be common practice to just go to an official website, and optionally subscribe to its feed as well. Browsers used to make it super easy by prominently displaying a button that showed you that the website has feeds to offer.