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Wordle Now Redirects to NYT

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Re: Wordle Now Redirects to NYT

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Post by avl999 »

jdorsey1 wrote: post #25
tuankiet65 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apparently the old Wordle URL redirects to the new NYT page, and it includes the statistics as a JSON in the URL so the new page know what's the old statistics is.

This is clearly a violation of privacy because the url is unencrypted. NYT may face a billionaire lawsuit and his future is compromised.

The url is encrypted, the entire thing is over tls.

Re: Wordle Now Redirects to NYT

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Post by staindk »

g_p wrote: post #20

Rejecting the cookie banner pops up a timed overlay (only appearing after you dismiss the game's onboarding guide) telling you that your cookie preferences are saved, unless you don't save cookies... If you don't save cookies, this appears for 5 or so seconds above the keyboard every time you load the site. A small nag, but a good reminder of the decay in user experience as soon as sites start adding tracking and sim…

Aha, the most "innocent" of dark patterns.

Re: Wordle Now Redirects to NYT

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Post by pklausler »

Pour one out for a rare spot of joy in a dark time. I'll miss my morning Wordle and chatting about it with my friends. But I'll be damned if I go anywhere near a "news" source that gives a climate science denier a platform on its op-ed page, good puzzles or not.

Re: Wordle Now Redirects to NYT

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Post by slibhb »

m00n wrote: post #2

And they broke everybody’s streak in the process while reusing today‘s word… Way to destroy a good brand.

Ditto. You can fix it:

const d = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("nyt-wordle-statistics"))

console.log(d)

d.currentStreak = // whatever your streak was

d.gamesPlayed = d.gamesPlayed - 1

d.gamesWon = d.gamesWon - 1

d.guesses["4"] = d.guesses["4"] - 1 // subtract the last game

localStorage.setItem("nyt-wordle-statistics", JSON.stringify(d))

Re: Wordle Now Redirects to NYT

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Post by mroche »

axutio wrote: post #10

I've been playing Wordle as a saved PWA on iOS, wonder how the transfer will work for that.

I just popped it open in Firefox Focus and haven't experienced any issues. Been using it for years for one-off browsing and its content blocker integration with Safari.

Re: Wordle Now Redirects to NYT

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Post by jjnoakes »

anthk wrote: post #26

You can write your own clone with grep, sh and /usr/share/dict/words.

This seems like quite a dismissive comment.

I think there is a lot to be said for the presentation, polish, how easy it is to share, and the idea that everyone sees the exact same puzzle once per day, making it viral as you compete with your friends.

I've never seen grep do that on its own.

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