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That’s an interesting guide for getting old apps. But I don’t understand the obsession with going back to old Twitter. Twitter is not the app. It’s the live ser

That’s an interesting guide for getting old apps. But I don’t understand the obsession with going back to old Twitter. Twitter is not the app. It’s the live service. It’s what it is. Yes it sucks. Embrace it. If it sucks then stop using it. If it doesn’t suck enough keep using it and voice your opinions. But we can’t turn back time. You get to pick between two broken apps. Old and broken or new and broken. The old Twitter is gone.

brucethemoose2 3y ago
This is still interesting, because its way around new X anti-features. You can't really bypass them on web or in the new app. But Twitter has no choice but to support old iOS/Android apps, where, for whatever reason, auto update is not working, lest they lose thousands of users. My mother broke auto update on her old Galaxy. I dont even know how she did it, as it should be working, but it is not, and she won't let anyone mess with it too much...
- msephton 3y ago
  Exactly, they have to support old versions, and this is a very recent old version from last month. On Android, it's possible: you can install an old version and then turn off auto-updates at a per-app level.
  - brucethemoose2 3y ago
    Yeah but it seems to be broken globally, even though its enabled in Google Play. It doesn't seem to be disabled per app. And she likes it that way anyway, and she gets upset when UIs change and such.
    - ianlevesque 3y ago
      It can also be upsetting to have your accounts hacked and your contact list used to find targets to socially engineer for money by impersonating you. It’s a jungle out there.
      - brucethemoose2 3y ago
        Oh, I know...
msephton 3y ago
At it's most basic I have muscle memory and habit involving the old icon, interface labels, and so on. That's enough for me to want to do this. I'm only talking about the app here, of course, though you seem to be conflating the app and the platform/service. Personally, I don't see the types of problematic content that have apparently increased on the platform, never have. I just use it how I've always used it and I'm happy enough. YMMV
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brucethemoose2 3y ago

This is still interesting, because its way around new X anti-features. You can't really bypass them on web or in the new app. But Twitter has no choice but to support old iOS/Android apps, where, for whatever reason, auto update is not working, lest they lose thousands of users. My mother broke auto update on her old Galaxy. I dont even know how she did it, as it should be working, but it is not, and she won't let anyone mess with it too much...

msephton 3y ago
Exactly, they have to support old versions, and this is a very recent old version from last month. On Android, it's possible: you can install an old version and then turn off auto-updates at a per-app level.
- brucethemoose2 3y ago
  Yeah but it seems to be broken globally, even though its enabled in Google Play. It doesn't seem to be disabled per app. And she likes it that way anyway, and she gets upset when UIs change and such.
  - ianlevesque 3y ago
    It can also be upsetting to have your accounts hacked and your contact list used to find targets to socially engineer for money by impersonating you. It’s a jungle out there.
    - brucethemoose2 3y ago
      Oh, I know...

msephton 3y ago

At it's most basic I have muscle memory and habit involving the old icon, interface labels, and so on. That's enough for me to want to do this. I'm only talking about the app here, of course, though you seem to be conflating the app and the platform/service. Personally, I don't see the types of problematic content that have apparently increased on the platform, never have. I just use it how I've always used it and I'm happy enough. YMMV

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