Most comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28238317, which was posted earlier and has what looks like a more substantive article.

Thread links no longer work on mobile web Twitter without an account.

Somewhat OT, but this has been great for me. I've been trying to kick twitter, but even deactivating my account didn't completely kill it because I kept going back to some profiles, but with this change it's unusable when logged out. I'm finally free.

HN should implement a rule that makes it mandatory to link twitter threads through one of those services that make them readable. It's quite frankly obnoxious.

Same, bypass Twitter altogether: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1428415009860714500.html

Last time this issue came up there was some skepticism due to Twitter’s varying behavior. Here’s a screen recording for those unaffected:

https://imgur.com/a/ze7IBg2

Could this be a selection of screenshots? It's one of the most confusing things I've ever interacted with.

Screenshots: https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/QmbDxfJzA2ssBExRYDans3p9ef5...

The link worked fine for me in Firefox without being signed in. Went straight to the first Tweet, showed another, and gave a link to continue reading the thread.

This is a known "feature" of Twitter. If it assumes the user can be logged in, it will hold the page captive until you sign in. I've had it happen to me, though I'm not sure of the details. Like whether it's being A/B tested or what specifically it's hitting on to require login

Did you try to click the link to continue reading the thread?

That’s what fails for me.

Long press the timestamp link on the first post and open in a new tab. At least that's what worked for me on iOS.

Nitter should help.

https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Extensions

Clear twitter cookies or open the link in incognito

It's just a matter of time that the lobbies of these companies won't be strong enough to stop the justice from going after them.