Overview: Alternate methods to get your account banned
Overview of alternative open source front-ends for popular internet platforms
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Re: Overview of alternative open source front-ends for popular internet platforms
#42Nitter.net is so much better -- comically better -- than Twitter's site. I'm on a somewhat slow computer right now, and loading a Twitter user's channel (sorry I can't remember the correct Twitter slang) takes like 3-4 seconds on Nitter, and like 10 seconds on Twitter. And scrolling on Twitter is supper choppy, on Nitter it's just normal. Twitter's frontend code could be a good one for thedailywtf.com.
Is there a browser addon that would turn twitter links into nitter links automatically on click?
I access twitter only via links usually, when someone refers to a tweet.
A quick test by replacing "tw" with "n" in the URL led to "not found", so apparently it's not that easy.
Edit: Reading capability is a clear advantage. It's .net, not .com, actually it works. Though editing is less comfortable now, so question still remains valid :)
Re: Overview of alternative open source front-ends for popular internet platforms
#43Would like to see the same thong for GitHub, seeing as this list os hosted on GitHub.
Not precisely the same thing, but worth mentioning: I'd recommend setting up something like gitea or gogs. They both have built-in support to auto-sync repos based on criteria, thereby also giving you full availability. Of course the issues/PRs etc are a different story.
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#44Hi, I'm mendel5, the maintainer of the linked repo (see proof here [0]).
I am pleased that my work is discussed and appreciated on HN.
I've already started to work on improving the repo based on some comments here.
[0] https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends/issues/41
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#45Many of these lists seem reluctant to include alternatives for which no publicly accessible hosted instance is provided. I have made rimgu[0] for imgur. There are a small number of edge-cases (for example the stackexchange subsite) it doesn't handle yet but otherwise I find it works great. On a similar note, I find Piped[1] superior to any of the other alternatives for YT I tried so far, including invidious. [0]: htt…
Hi, I'm the maintainer of the alternative-front-ends repo.
I didn't know about rimgu yet and just added it to the Imgur section [0].
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#46Nitter.net is so much better -- comically better -- than Twitter's site. I'm on a somewhat slow computer right now, and loading a Twitter user's channel (sorry I can't remember the correct Twitter slang) takes like 3-4 seconds on Nitter, and like 10 seconds on Twitter. And scrolling on Twitter is supper choppy, on Nitter it's just normal. Twitter's frontend code could be a good one for thedailywtf.com.
Is there a browser addon that would turn twitter links into nitter links automatically on click? I access twitter only via links usually, when someone refers to a tweet. A quick test by replacing "tw" with "n" in the URL led to "not found", so apparently it's not that easy. Edit: Reading capability is a clear advantage. It's .net, not .com, actually it works. Though editing is less comfortable now, so question still…
Yes, there is a browser addon called "privacy-redirect" [0].
It can be configured to direct all requests for Twitter.com to a Nitter instance specified by you (or a random one).
The browser addon can also be configured to redirect YouTube requests to Invidious, Instagram requests to Bibliogram, and even others.
The privacy-redirect browser addon is available for Mozilla Firefox [1], Google Chrome [2] and Microsoft Edge [3].
[0] https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect
[1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-redir...
[2] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/privacy-redirect/p...
[3] https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/privacy-re...
Re: Overview of alternative open source front-ends for popular internet platforms
#47Where is YouTube Vanced?
AFAIR it is a hacked version of the official app. It works, but there is always a question if still not malicious. NewPipe is in that list and it works most of the time.
> NewPipe is in that list and it works most of the time
To the point where my non-tech SO complains every time we have to use the official YT app. NewPipe's user experience is just better for everything but "discovery", which after over a decade of usage and dozens following dozens of channels, I don't do.
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#48I avoid having accounts on those sites - partly due to privacy but mostly because that keeps me from actively interacting which is such a fruitless and frustrating time sink. Like engaging in discussions on Twitter and Youtube. Seems like they are building increasingly higher fences around their web estate.
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#49Just a few years ago I was mainly annoyed at search results from Pinterest.
Now I can barely read any twitter/reddit/facebook links without login walls.
So much for an open internet.
Re: Overview of alternative open source front-ends for popular internet platforms
#50Overview: Alternate methods to get your account banned
If you'd have cared to actually check the linked projects, you'd have noticed that most of them avoid communicating with the service in question except when abosolutely necessary, which for most of them means the provider can't ban your account because you never logged in from their point of view. At most it will get your ip rate limited if you choose to open your proxy up to the public, an issue most invidious instances unfortunately do have.