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
    37•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.

    • BriongloidEnglish
      18•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.

    • @MsPenguinette@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1•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

    • ATGM 🚀English
      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.