Re: Alternatives To Xwitter

On 22 Nov 2024 17:42:47 -0400, Mike Spencer wrote:

Posts to various blogs and mailing lists I see frequently cite URLs to
Xitter sites -- x.com, twitter.com, t.co.  I've never been able to
access them using my chosen browser (Seamonkey), even when js is turned
on.

Yes, I come across those links, too. Sometimes they work, other times the
site wants me to sign in to see them.

I finally got a cell phone because neither of us is able any longer to
walk home from just anywhere -- old, y'know?  And opted for a smart
phone because it seemed stupid to pay through the nose for the service
and not have the advanced features available should I ever come to want
one of them.  I hate the touch-screen GUI, inaccessibility of the
system, inability to write scripts that modify network interactions,
opacity of nearly everything etc. etc.

With Android you have alternative builds from source that give you more
control over your device. Though of course you lose the proprietary Google
services. (Which you might consider a feature, not a bug...)