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Are you trying to do so from Firefox / a reddit app? This is fairly normal and the general conspiracy theory is that it's an erroneous error to get you to downl
by ridgewell 8y ago
Are you trying to do so from Firefox / a reddit app? This is fairly normal and the general conspiracy theory is that it's an erroneous error to get you to download the Twitter app once and for all.
- tyingq 8y agoStock chrome on an Android phone. Most often from a Twitter link on HN. I'd say I get an error 90+% on the first try, and the refresh usually works the first time... occasionally, I need to do two. Bone stock phone, nothing notable about it or the browser. Doesn't happen on my Windows or Linux desktops.
- kevin_thibedeau 8y agoOpen the links in desktop mode and see if the errors go away.
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- jaifraic 8y agoI have the same problem. I don't really use twitter, but sometimes I get a link to there from Reddit or HN. Twitter never works on the first try with Firefox or Chrome on Android. Often a refresh helps, but sometimes it does not work at all. I too think it is done intentionally to get users to install the app. I can't think of a reason this is a simple bug. But the again... Hanlon's razor.
- propogandist 8y agoWhy would you run stock chrome on android? Use a privacy respecting browser like firefox or Brave and install an ad-blocker like Ublock before browsing the web. Chrome does not respect user privacy and is designed to not support add-ons as it will hurt Google's core advertising business.
- renholder 8y ago^This guy privacies. Let me add the suggestion of CanvasBlocker, since browser fingerprinting is a thing that all of the kids are doing, nowadays.