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A comment on Twitter now requires an account to view tweets. Parent comment

Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets by rlpb on Friday June 30, 2023 @05:29PM (#36542585)
Presumably this is because I have to download an entire JavaScript app in order to view 280 bytes of tweet.
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Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets by DistractionRect on Friday June 30, 2023 @07:14PM (#36543879)
They want your location, contacts, and a profile they can associate with habits/traffic so they can better serve you ads... I mean, tweets

It's the same with reddit, the user is the product, which is why they don't want you using third party apps/frontends.

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