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Re: Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether you press it or not

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Again, anyone still using Twitter should know they are contributing to the richest man in the world actively pushing to disrupt the core fabric of our society.

Building rockets, moon bases, making fossil fuels less critical… yes, I agree

What moon bases?

Re: Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether you press it or not

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post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Building rockets, moon bases, making fossil fuels less critical… yes, I agree

What moon bases?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Landing_System / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_III

Re: Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether you press it or not

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I find it so sad that Twitter still gets traffic at all. Even if we put aside the super shady content on this platform (free speech, lol), the app, either on the web or mobile, has a sub-par user experience. I wish all the devs that I respect were using another platform.

It's good people like you who consider free speech some laughing matter don't lead the conversation.

I don't even want to think how dim the situation would be without him having taken over.

Re: Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether you press it or not

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I find it so sad that Twitter still gets traffic at all. Even if we put aside the super shady content on this platform (free speech, lol), the app, either on the web or mobile, has a sub-par user experience. I wish all the devs that I respect were using another platform.

The algorithm is a mirror: it show more of what you interact with. You see “shady content” because you pay attention to it.

But you can also follow people and read only what they write, reply to them, and write yourself.

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Again, anyone still using Twitter should know they are contributing to the richest man in the world actively pushing to disrupt the core fabric of our society.

Building rockets, moon bases, making fossil fuels less critical… yes, I agree

Literal moon shots, while he contributes meaningfully to worsening conditions on Earth. His dismantling of USAID will have a more consequential effect than 90% of his fever dreams ever will.

Re: Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether you press it or not

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That's precisely what Wechat is doing. Most chinese "mega apps" do this. Elon absolutely on his track to copy this important feature [1] The webview works as a traffic faucet. Elon can turn it on or off for every third-party site, you know, for "Internet safety". My take: Next step is X.com proprietary APIs inside the Webview, like payment and everything. The ultimate goal is a "mini-app" framework that use PWA-like…

In January the (now former) CEO announced the X Money payment platform will debut "later this year". "Yaccarino says the Visa partnership is the “first of many big announcements” that will be made about X Money this year." https://www.theverge.com/news/599137/x-money-payments-servic... I don't remember any other big announcements.
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