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Use nitter.net to view twitter. Just http://nitter.net/username. It barely uses javascript (except if you want to watch video), no ads, no popups, no login, no "trending" section. Just the content of the person you're trying to read content from. All twitter links are replaced with nitter links, so navigation isn't an issue. Even if I had a Twitter account I'd use Nitter to browse. It's a lighter experience with no extra crap.

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You can also use https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect to auto redirect from twitter to nitter

Oooh this is great, thank you. I've been wanting to set up something like this for quite a while and haven't really spent the time to figure out how I'd do it. Glad to have an option just land on my screen like this! Cheers :)

Also just realized there are one or two other services they could redirect (e.g. Medium -> scribe.rip). Will see if it's feasible for them to easily add...

thanks, i really like this. i've been using the ublock zapper to get around twitters obnoxious sign up wall.

i feel like websites like this, and archive.ph are a sign of the future web. very little or now javascript, very light and fast - it inspires me to want to build something again.

That said, hard to feel like it's the future of the web when it's just wrappers around the services that people are actually using.

How do I set up uBlock to get around the sign in wall?

Or is zapper a separate add on?

it's not a good solution tbh, it's like blocking html elements but on reload they come back. the zapper is integrated into ublock, if you click on the icon its there.

i think a better solution is blocking cookies as another comment mentioned, but for me that seems to cause an infinite reload loop.

For me, it just completely breaks scrolling on twitter.com.

Guess I am gonna go for nitter in the future.

How to make this work with private accounts of people you follow? Is there a way to "log into Nitter"?

I imagine Twitter isn't too happy about this.

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