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.

  • @tranceFusion
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    151 year ago

    Are all the news articles with embedded tweet widgets busted now?

    • @NevermindNoMind
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      171 year ago

      I just checked a random news article and embedded tweets seem to be working still. But when you click the tweet you get taken to the login page.

      • @scutiger
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        51 year ago

        I don’t know why they bother embedding tweets. They always quote the tweet anyway, so you end up reading the same bit twice.