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

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.