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I can’t open the Twitter thread without hitting a login / install app wall. When did Twitter implement this?!

by pixxel 5y ago

junon 5y ago
Remember reading others facing this as well and that it was pretty recent.
jjgreen 5y ago
If you're on Firefox, try the Privacy Redirect extension which re-routes to Nitter.
- cm2187 5y ago
  I have noticed that this nagging happens on iOS/safari but not on Windows/Firefox (unless my adblockers took care of it).
chii 5y ago
i'd just use https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1428584131835748359.html https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1428584131835748359.html rather than the twitter web.
ratww 5y ago
It started about 2-3 weeks ago. It seems it's being rolled-out progressively, because some people don't see the nag screen. It's very annoying.
- paulgb 5y ago
  Kind of ironic how Jack has been all about Twitter's new decentralized (“Blue Sky”) effort, whilst Twitter under his leadership has followed the path of the worst-behaving centralized services (locking down APIs[1], these nag screens, paywalling dumb features with no option to remove ads/tracking, turning verification from a security feature into a popularity contest). [1] I remember some of this happening before Jack's return, but still.
connor-brooks 5y ago
Clearing your cookies and cache for Twitter seems to stop this.
throw_m239339 5y ago
blocking Twitter cookies solved the issue, in Opera. But this user hostile / dark pattern is going to get worse with time for people who do not want to browser Twitter with a Twitter account. Ironically, Twitter will automatically ban the brand new user from doing almost anything on their website if they refuse to give their phone number to Twitter.
saiya-jin 5y ago
Hmm not true for me, in Switzerland, latest Firefox, never had any Twitter account nor anybody else around me. There is just small box with login on the upper right side of the page which can be easily ignored.

I can’t open the Twitter thread without hitting a login / install app wall. When did Twitter implement this?!

by pixxel 5y ago

I can’t open the Twitter thread without hitting a login / install app wall. When did Twitter implement this?!

junon 5y ago

Remember reading others facing this as well and that it was pretty recent.

jjgreen 5y ago

If you're on Firefox, try the Privacy Redirect extension which re-routes to Nitter.

cm2187 5y ago
I have noticed that this nagging happens on iOS/safari but not on Windows/Firefox (unless my adblockers took care of it).

chii 5y ago

i'd just use https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1428584131835748359.html https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1428584131835748359.html rather than the twitter web.

ratww 5y ago

It started about 2-3 weeks ago. It seems it's being rolled-out progressively, because some people don't see the nag screen. It's very annoying.

paulgb 5y ago
Kind of ironic how Jack has been all about Twitter's new decentralized (“Blue Sky”) effort, whilst Twitter under his leadership has followed the path of the worst-behaving centralized services (locking down APIs[1], these nag screens, paywalling dumb features with no option to remove ads/tracking, turning verification from a security feature into a popularity contest). [1] I remember some of this happening before Jack's return, but still.

connor-brooks 5y ago

Clearing your cookies and cache for Twitter seems to stop this.

throw_m239339 5y ago

blocking Twitter cookies solved the issue, in Opera. But this user hostile / dark pattern is going to get worse with time for people who do not want to browser Twitter with a Twitter account. Ironically, Twitter will automatically ban the brand new user from doing almost anything on their website if they refuse to give their phone number to Twitter.

saiya-jin 5y ago

Hmm not true for me, in Switzerland, latest Firefox, never had any Twitter account nor anybody else around me. There is just small box with login on the upper right side of the page which can be easily ignored.