[HN Gopher] Ask HN: Has Twitter removed the ability to browse wh...
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       Ask HN: Has Twitter removed the ability to browse while logged out?
        
       The behavior I am seeing is demonstrated here:
       https://gfycat.com/thornyfeistyleafcutterant  I am always returned
       to the page that I was linked to if I try to browse elsewhere on
       the site.
        
       Author : uxp100
       Score  : 12 points
       Date   : 2021-08-18 22:05 UTC (56 minutes ago)
        
       | creamytaco wrote:
       | One less site to visit every day. Same thing happened with
       | Reddit, which is unusable on mobile web without login.
        
         | hivacruz wrote:
         | Use teddit.net, it works great
        
       | dalmo3 wrote:
       | Yes.
       | 
       | But hey, you don't want to miss what's happening, do you? People
       | on Twitter are the first to know!
        
       | trenning wrote:
       | Yes, extremely annoying at first. Same thing FB did with Insta. I
       | guess it's good because I don't go to IG anymore and I don't
       | click on links because half the time they're gated. Twitter will
       | follow the same pattern for me.
        
       | aaron695 wrote:
       | Yes. Including private mode.
       | 
       | But not on my phone.
       | 
       | Due to the lack of complaints I thought perhaps uBlock.
       | 
       | But maybe it's IP based.
        
         | _moof wrote:
         | Chances are they've deployed this with Decider as an A/B test.
         | Can't remember the technical details but the end result is that
         | a random cohort is chosen for a new feature, and the setting is
         | "sticky," meaning a particular person/browser will stay in
         | their cohort once assigned. You might see a cookie with the
         | word "decider" in the name but it doesn't necessarily need that
         | to put you in a persistent cohort.
        
       | connor-brooks wrote:
       | A workaround trick I have found is using private browsing.
       | Possibly clearing your cookies for Twitter could work also.
        
       | draw_down wrote:
       | It's the same thing Instagram has been doing for a while now.
        
       | machinecontrol wrote:
       | Yes. The trend is definitely towards alternate frontends for
       | these services.
       | 
       | Use nitter.net
        
       | version_five wrote:
       | I noticed the same behavior on my phone. I think you can still
       | navigate and it just shows the popup on every navigation?
       | 
       | Twitter for me is in the category of if I click on a link and get
       | no resistance then I'll look at it, but any friction at all and I
       | don't really care. Same as any full page popup, the site better
       | have something I really want and not just be something I scroll
       | to mechanically for endorphins, or I'm not going to bother
       | accepting cookies or closing the enter your email email modal or
       | whatever.
        
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