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It couldn’t be more fundamentally different for people who just want to read content without an account. Previously, Twitter was a thing that existed, now it’s not a thing that exists.

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99.9% of people will just click the google login button and continue on as if nothing had happened. i sympathize with you. i had to make a throwaway google account. but it's not even close to relevant to the vast majority of users. not saying that's a good thing but it's reality.

> 99.9% of people will just click the google login button and continue on as if nothing had happened

You have a very, very rosy perception of login walls. All the stats I’ve see would disagree.

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