Because it's superior technology for following posting/news to opening app and praying that algorithm will show me what I wanted? My feeds flow to me at 6:00, via rss2email, and get filtered into a IMAP folder and I can read them at my leisure. Online or offline, with whatever client I have handy.

> this is a pretty good user signup strategy

Nagging only works if I really, really want to see what you hide behind a login screen. For most of the posts on Twitter it won't be worth it.

What do you propose instead?

> Reddit does it, Instagram does it

One website known for its hilariously broken performance and a Facebook subsidiary. Nothing anyone should look up to.

Better question is: why not?

Gen Z? Or just not familiar with the technology? Protocols don't die just because the newer generation doesn't understand them.

- IG it's crapware and unusable with tons of propietary JS.

At least for me - I leave. Or in the case of reddit, occasionally use old.reddit.com, which does not block without an account.

I got this article via my RSS client; it's the best way to consolidate everything I follow from YouTube videos to things that hit the front page on HN, all in one place.

Then I can browse through doing my morning coffee.

I doubt that Twitter is interesting enough for people who just want to view