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.

  • @[email protected]English
    43•2 years 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. 🤞

    • @[email protected]OPEnglish
      38•2 years 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.

      • BriongloidEnglish
        18•2 years 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.

        • @[email protected]OPEnglish
          16•2 years ago

          Also advancements in ai have been crazy too. This year is kinda insane with what’s happening.

      • ATGM 🚀English
        0•2 years 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.

      • @MsPenguinetteEnglish
        0•2 years 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

    • @nitefoxEnglish
      3•2 years ago

      or platform like Facebook et similia will make their own federation, actually centralising the user even more to a point of no return