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.
Seems like a big moment in what the internet will be.
Early on the internet thrived on being open. Lots of amazing builders embodied the idea of open source collaborative environments and the website’s other people built on their infrastructure and tech followed those principles.
Now we’re in a new era. The business class saw how popular these spaces and communities were and bought them out. Now were in a place were they lock everything up, force scarcity fucking it all up
We’re now in the era of Enshittification:
Initial Stage: When a platform starts, it needs users, so it makes itself valuable to users. It provides services that are beneficial to the users, attracting them to the platform.
Second Stage: Once the platform has a substantial user base, it starts to abuse its users to make things better for its business customers. It starts prioritizing its business needs over the needs of the users.
The article: https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/
Maybe I’m being optimistic, but it seems like the internet is slowly returning to its open ways. Lemmy and Mastodon have taken off over the last few weeks, and while that’s no guarantee that they’ll continue to get more popular, they do seem to function as decent alternatives.