[The Verge] Twitter has started blocking unregistered users (www.theverge.com)

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[-] ComplexLotus@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I start to realize how synchronized big tech is acting currently

google experiments with blocking youtube users with ad blockers
twitter blocks unregistered users, heavily advertises its app
reddit blocks api and 3rd party access, heavily advertises its app
microsoft creates windows 11 lets windows 10 users with old hardware insecure

Is this because they all act in unison? Or is it the general ecnomic situation (low prime rates by the central bank) of the American tech giants that leads them to "coincidentally" making the same decisions? My suspicion is its the latter combined with the power they accumulated over the past decade.

[-] banksymimosa@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It very much feels like we've fully moved into a new phase of the locked down internet. You forgot Netflix's crackdown on password sharing, imgur deleting NSFW and anonymous content, increasingly ridiculous subscription prices (youtube tv went from $35 to $73 in 4 years). The corporations have us locked in and now it's time to squeeze.

[-] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I think its just an arms race to capture all of your data for themselves, more data they get the more they can sell and profit off of.

[-] beizhia@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That definitely makes sense, especially now that they're seeing how valuable all that data is to train AI. Even stackoverflow is having a bit of an ordeal with their mods.

[-] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Its a arms race with nukes, but they test them on their most valuable users... (besides Windows, most people contributing to Windows use Linux themselves...)

[-] tarjeezy@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Ah, the Pinterest strategy. Nothing makes me hit the back button or skip search results faster than a login prompt.

I wonder if this is just a ploy to increase their "active user" counts to improve their valuation.

[-] cerevant@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Is there a search engine that will let you set a block list for certain sites? I know you can filter sites in individual queries, but there are sites that I never want to see results from for this reason.

[-] nadram@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

That's wonderful. Another self destructive strategy. I also deleted my account and posts on Twitter a couple of weeks ago. The Reddit debacle left me wondering, what the hell am i still doing on Twitter anyways? And now i am free of both accounts 😎

[-] BendyLemmy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Trying to enforce complete ownership of any content shared on their platform...

It's one reason I never open Pinterest.

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