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Twitter locked behind login page. (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/technology
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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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[โ€“] tryagain 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[โ€“] kromem 7 points 1 year ago

It's pretty wild. Users are inherently lazy. Give a decent product where you can have a positive ROI on user engagement and sit back to rake it in.

But actively be hostile to users and they are fickle as can be.

I was on Reddit for 16 years with over 100k karma.

And I've deleted the app I was using for it which they broke and switched app and habits over to Lemmy in less than 24 hours.

Nothing like hubris with a dash of greed to ensure success for one's competition.