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Thanks. First thing I do when I see a HN post being a twitter thread, check comments for link to this (since I never remember the name of threadreaderapp). Aft

• krallja 5y ago
  How is this a better experience? Threadreader puts ads in the middle of the tweet stream – on Twitter you can just read the thread, by scrolling. What is the point?
  • p49k 5y ago
    Twitter doesn’t load on iOS if you have even basic content blockers enabled. I’m guessing they are artificially crippling the site to make you disable ad blocking. Once you disable Adblock, you realize that clicking on almost anything will show a modal asking you to create an account (feels like playing minesweeper to find the links that will work). That modal - once opened - is unclosable until you make the account or start over. It’s incredibly frustrating to repeatedly enter this unclosable UI. You think it’s all over once you’ve disabled Adblock and created an account? Nope! Now you are harassed at every opportunity to “download the app”