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Twitter won't let you browse more than a handful of tweets before blocking the service demanding you login. I was trying to read an article about gpt-3 and the
by jjbinx007 5y ago
Twitter won't let you browse more than a handful of tweets before blocking the service demanding you login.
I was trying to read an article about gpt-3 and the author had decided to embed tweets with pictures of text on, so not only could I not read the text without right-clicking the image to view on its own then zooming and panning but after a while Twitter would just prevent me from reading any further without logging in.
Twitter won't let you create an account without a phone number and, like most services that want to harvest your data like a Dementor from Harry Potter, they want to push you towards an app.
Tiktok is pretty hostile towards desktop users too. I refuse to install it on my mobile and why should I anyway?
And then there's the many iot devices that don't give you an interface at all if you don't have a phone. Ridiculous.
- nxtbl 5y agohttps://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/sew1rn/twittercom_enforcingloginpopup/hv99m7j/ https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/sew1rn/twitte... For now, this removes the login pop-ups. For mobile use, there's Fritter.
- ajot 5y agoThere is also Nitter as a frontend. I love it!
- tentacleuno 5y agoThere's also [0] and [1], which are more mobile-friendly but present less information. [0]: https://i.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/sew1rn/twittercom_enforcingloginpopup/hv99m7j/ https://i.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/sew1rn/twitterc... [1]: https://reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/sew1rn/twittercom_enforcingloginpopup/hv99m7j/.compact https://reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/sew1rn/twittercom... (.compact does the exact same thing)
- MayeulC 5y agohttps://drewdevault.com/2021/09/23/Nitter-and-other-internet-reclamation-projects.html https://drewdevault.com/2021/09/23/Nitter-and-other-internet... Use nitter, libreddit, invidious, bibliogram (is that one dead?) and others. It's a shame that these big companies seem to suck at making usable websites. They probably chase "conversion" to new accounts at all costs. And that probably works (A/B tested).
- black_puppydog 5y agoThey don't "suck" at it. It's not in their interest.
- franga2000 5y ago> It's a shame that these big companies seem to suck at making usable websites. The Reddit and Twitter web apps are actually great on mobile, but they lock you out after a few minutes. I used to use both all the time until three or so years ago when the constant app pushing made both unusable.
- MayeulC 5y agoThe websites are extremely slow to load on my phone (galaxy s4 with lineageos 17.1). Using midori in a private tab: - Time to load a twitter link: 14s (20s to display a preview of the picture). - Same link on a nitter instance: 5s, page fully loaded, with replies. Also, less than half the page is dedicated to content, I have: - a search bar - log in/sign up - Cookies notice - "Twitter is better on the app" "Not Now/Switch to the app" (that one takes a lot of space). All of the above keeps floating above the content, so I can only scroll through a tiny window. The content is lazy-loaded, which makes scrolling annoying. A lot of space is wasted with buttons that are only useful if you're logged in. The experience is terrible on mobile, and it's mostly the same for reddit.
- johnisgood 5y agoThey blocked my account and refused to unblock until I verified myself through phone. I got my account unblocked because I found a workaround for it. It was not supposed to unblock me or let me off the hook, but it did. Screw them. :D I rarely use it anyways.
- Markoff 5y agodo you mind sharing how did you unlock it without sharing phone number? i am in same situation
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