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.

  • Matharl@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    Maybe users will stop posting link to this site now that a lot of people can’t see it.

    I see this as a plus.

    • douglasg14b@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      Walled gardens are not a plus, no matter how much you might want to watch something wilt and die, restricting access to information doesn’t help you nor I.

      • AustralianSimon@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        It’s good because open platforms will grow, this is how reddit got there. Actually this is how they all seem to start before greed takes over.

      • Matharl@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        No one should use Twitter for news and information considering how poorly it fights fakenews.

        If you wanna share something, use the actual source.