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Well, I do not have an account and when I open any profile on it right now, I cannot read it properly. I cannot click on posts. I cannot read replies. I cannot
by pbasista 20d ago
Well, I do not have an account and when I open any profile on it right now, I cannot read it properly. I cannot click on posts. I cannot read replies. I cannot open images.
In my opinion, that is quite far from "functional".
Such a behavior alone is a sufficient justification, in my opinion, for the services like xcancel to exist.
And if the X social network does not want their content to be publicly available, fine. They are free to gate it behind a login.
- vachina 20d agoThen create a burner account to access said resources, instead of doing gymnastics with a broken third party middleware.
- pbasista 20d agoThere is no "gymnastics" needed. And those "middleware" layers are working just fine. A user just opens the original X link in xcancel or some of the similar web service. And it will display the actual content only. Without ads and without other user-alienating features. I think that it is also way simpler than "creating an account".
- vachina 20d agoSo what now, xcancel is already cancelled.
- abustamam 20d agoSuggesting a burner account to access the most basic functionality of a website is quite the technique to prove your point that the website is the most functional website.
- vachina 19d agoOnce you’re logged in it becomes functional