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For what it's worth, http://old.reddit.com/ is more or less as usable as it's always been, and has no nagging pop-ups. (There's a small "TRY REDDIT MOBILE!" banner that pops up once every few months or so if you're using a mobile browser, but that's about it.)

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Do you have a similar (web based, no mobile apps) workaround for Twitter?

I don't have Twitter installed on my phone as I don't want to be bothered by notifications and I don't want to see my personalized feed. But sometimes I want to catch up on some breaking news or hear a commentator's thoughts on a recent event, and Twitter is either a good place or the only place for that.

Unfortunately, the Twitter web app shuts me down when I scroll too far into a page.

You can use https://nitter.net (just replace Twitter.com in the URL)

nitter.net provide the front end for twitter. Just add the username you want to read. https://nitter.net/username

On iOS, Brave allows you to automatically redirect URLs. Nitter and old.reddit would be an ideal use case:

https://twitter.com/brave/status/1552063664920100864?t=JTcyu...

> Unfortunately, the Twitter web app shuts me down when I scroll too far into a page.

The twitter mobile experience is awful, but I found that if you tap signin in the infamous undismissable modal and then you go back with the browser it will not nag you for a while.

Then there's Nitter if you are after an alternative frontend.

You can also use third-party clients on mobile. I use rif (originally known as Reddit Is Fun).

Apollo is the gold standard on iOS.

The problem is that the mobile gatekeepers are generally in bed with the scum and ban non-user-hostile alternative clients from their store, so you won't find any good YouTube clients for example.

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