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there's also a billion times where i've clicked on a twitter link which is a useless summary and a link to the actual article

For what it's worth, this behavior has always bothered me hugely (can't read a thread without registering), but disappeared shortly after the last point you cite. Now there is just a nag notification similar to a cookie acceptance bar, you can dismiss it and read the whole thread without interruption:

https://twitter.com/vxunderground/status/1635427567271329792

Let me know if it works for you now. (I have no affiliation to Twitter, just curious.)

Thanks, that’s a nice change then :)

I manage to avoid that by using uMatrix to block scripts, and it's not even supported anymore.