cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/513993

So today I clicked a twitter link because companies like to use it for official announcements, only to be greeted with a login page. Was annoyed then I remembered nitter exists. It just prompted me to install Privacy Redirect which I should have done ages ago.

Github: https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect

Chrome Web Store: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/privacy-redirect/pmcmeagblkinmogikoikkdjiligflglb/related

Firefox Browser Add-ons: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-redirect/

Looks like twitter waited for the reddit API changes to do push this change to try to do it under the radar.

  • Martineski@lemmy.fmhy.mlOPEnglish
    81·
    1 year ago

    Well, there go all my links to tweets on my singularity sub. Hopefully this finally pushes posters to switch to another platform to share news about stuff.

    Edit: Same as paywalled articles, I won’t be allowing links to tweets as their main focus from now on. It’s time for this platform to die.

    • macrocephalic@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      This is turning into a pretty decisive time in social media where we have the opportunity and momentum to move back to open systems. 🤞

      • Martineski@lemmy.fmhy.mlOPEnglish
        14·
        1 year ago

        Youtube also is starting to experiment with locking people from watching videos if they have adblock turned on. We live in a truly great times where those behemoths are deciding to kill off themselves at the same time and it makes me truly happy. Open source FTW.

        • Briongloid@aussie.zoneEnglish
          12·
          1 year ago

          It’s honestly a crazy time this year alone, everything that has existed for basically 15 years is self-destructing, it may be something that is referenced in the future like the Dot/Com bubble.

          It won’t be the end of social media, but it will be a significant period of change and perhaps we will see the landscape change with new platforms etc. Obviously ActivityPub has a high liklihood of growing exponentially.

        • ATGM 🚀@beehaw.orgEnglish
          0·
          1 year ago

          Loosing YT would be painful for me, but there’s no way I’d start sitting through ads. I’d end up buying a nebula subscription or something at that point.

          • cavemeat@beehaw.orgEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            I was considering this too. I have a feeling a lot of creators are gonna move to nebula.

        • MsPenguinette@lemmy.worldEnglish
          12·
          1 year ago

          I gladly and happily pay for YouTube Premium and have had it since the days of just paying for Play Music Unlimited.

          Hopefully they can figure a way to make more premium subscribers rather than trying to squeeze the people who can’t pay cause youtube dying would be absolutely catestrophic

    • Sp00ky94@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Facebook and Instagram have been doing this for years. It was only a matter of time before Twitter started it.