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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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Post by observationist »

mrbombastic wrote: post #243
jelder wrote: post #207

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That would be equivalent to demonetizing the entire web. Free content would win out over paid content regardless of quality. As the old adage goes, "when you're getting something for free, you're the product being sold." Only sites making money by, shall we say, "indirect" means would be able to survive. A search engine which prioritizes free content over paid would become nothing but a propaganda engine.

“Free content would win out over paid content regardless of quality” this doesn’t follow unless we assume the most extreme implementation, the openness of the content is just one factor of many that should count in the contents favor. Further it assumes the only non-shady way to monetize content is put it behind a login which is not true.

A site can be a billboard for a product or service, or provide a social hub, without participating in the surveillance adtech industry. There are plenty of hobby forums, like those for craft brewing, which get supported by brewery suppliers, for example. There are luthier communities which get supported by toolmakers and professionals, and so on. The implicit community networking, reviews by community members, and other interactions reward quality and honesty, and penalize the shady shit.

It's just not scalable into the exploitative cash cows that VCs drool over.

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

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Post by codybontecou »

throwaway290 wrote: post #221
emehrkay wrote: post #211

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I clicked a link in IG once and and it opened via a webveiw. it was one of those "give us your email for a discount" popups so I put in "mark@aol.com" and at a later date, IG asked if I wanted to associate that email with my account (or something along those lines). I tend to take the extra step to "open in native browser" whenever webveiws popup

I remember how tiktok basically injected a keylogger into any site they opened in a webview https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/19/technology/tiktok-browser... I didn't think IG does something similarly shady

That's the point of a webview - to continue tracking users while "off" your app.

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

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Post by pixxel »

whimsicalism wrote: post #248
ndr wrote: post #170

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Who is using Bluesky in the US? Whenever something big happens I keep getting x.com links from friends. Is it just my friends?

I consider myself left-wing, but bluesky is pretty casually toxic in a way that turns me off.

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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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Post by CaptWillard »

scuff3d wrote: post #255
ceejayoz wrote: post #120

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Musk's own lawyers did the work for us. https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/06/tech/twitter-files-lawyers/in... > “Nothing in the new materials shows any governmental actor compelling or even discussing any content-moderation action with respect to Trump” and others participating in the suit, Twitter argued. > The communications unearthed as part of the Twitter Files do not show coercion, Twitter’s lawyers wrote, “because th…

"Show you're work" Does exactly that using Musk's own lawyers "...Wait no you weren't suppose to actually do that..."

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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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Post by renewiltord »

bradly wrote: post #223
aldousd666 wrote: post #161

Nobody wants a damn web view. If I'm clicking off to a link, I may want to click to another app and back in and still be where it was... If it's in a webview that's gone as soon as I click out. Yes, you can open in Chrome or whatever, open in a browser, but that's a pain in the ass to do an the time. I hate web views, in all forms.

Similarly... I _really_ dislike clicking a link in Safari on iOS and it opening an App instead of going to the web page. I have the YouTube app installed and use it on occasion, but its really jarring when I click an organic search result in Duck and get launched into an app that may not have the same privacy settings my browser is setup with.

Brave prompts you before doing that. Then you can long press to new tab.

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Post by mapontosevenths »

CaptWillard wrote: post #280
mapontosevenths wrote: post #264

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Is it untrue? You failed to address my point.

Children are being left to die. SOMETHING is more important than that to the proponents of these policies. What is it? If it's lower taxes... they aren't achieving that goal. Taxes are only decreasing for the top 0.1% of the population and tip earners.

If it's to lower the national debt that also isn't working. The national debt has increased at record rates.

Is there some other goal I'm not aware of? Why is it so important that these children not be fed?

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

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Post by ewoodrich »

robot-wrangler wrote: post #17

Since we're doing PSAs, isn't it also now just a completely broken platform on mobile for everyone who isn't logged in? > Something went wrong, but don't fret - let's give it another shot. This is all I've seen for literally years now. No real error, does not even say to login or install an app, just blames it on my privacy extensions (I don't actually have any) and offers a button to pointlessly try again. No big lo…

I set up a URL redirect rule in Edge/Brave/Chrome with the extension URL Auto Redirector (previously used Redirector but it was removed, there are other alternatives available for Firefox I'm sure). I also found a similar front end for Instagram but just added a rule yesterday so haven't tested it extensively yet.

I avoid most Twitter/X content after I deleted my account but it's helpful when it gets linked in HN.

  Source                           |  Destination
  -----------------------------------------------------------                                 
  ^https?://x.com/(.*)             |  https://xcancel.com/$1
  ^https?://twitter.com/(.*)       |  https://xcancel.com/$1
  ^https?://instagram.com/(.*)     |  https://imginn.com/$1
  ^https?://www.instagram.com/(.*) |  https://imginn.com/$1
URL Auto Redirector:

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/url-auto-redirector...

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