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Twitter/x.com is now forcing you to disable Firefox's Enhance Tracking Protection.

Firefox’s Enhanced Tracking Protection (Strict Mode) is known to cause issues on x.com

There were no "issues"; everything was working completely fine. This is a deliberate decision to force people to turn off tracking protection.

I saw a recommendation to use Firefox's container extension https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/containers, but it's disabled in private browsing windows, and I always use private browsing windows.

aBundleOfFerrets ,

Just enable the container tab for private windows

fne8w2ah ,

Muskyboy sure is getting real greedy...

PlantDadManGuy ,

Always has been. He's just giving up hiding it.

Unpigged ,

Twitter forces me not to engage with it's content. Ah, what a shame!

ArdMacha ,

If you don't use it, it doesn't matter

casual_turtle_stew_enjoyer ,

Works fine for me on first glance, with ETP set to strict. Perhaps due to the recent domain cut-over in the web stack?

jsomae ,

Looks like they're in A/B testing right now. You can have maximal impact by avoiding using twitter on those devices for the next few weeks.

set_secret ,

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a0236451-a900-4357-a0b2-f57fa6bda842.jpeg

scops ,

Porn... Until enough adult accounts move over to Mastodon or Blue Sky.

Wanangwa_Bamidele ,

what is blue sky ?

SuperSpruce ,

The Twitter alternative created by the original creator of Twitter

Saledovil ,

I think it is called the network effect. People are still using Twitter because the messages they want to see are being posted there, and those messages are being posted there because that's where the audience is. So, basically, people are locked in.

This also means that any loss in user count has a double effect, as not only users are lost, but the utility of the service for the remaining users decreases. So, what I'm saying is, if Elon continues this way, at some point there will be a large exodus of users from Twitter, as each loss of users reduces the utility of Twitter further, triggering a chain reaction.

Of course, we can't know when that happens, and since we're both on Lemmy, we've already self-selected as people with little tolerance for enshittification.

Prior_Industry ,
@Prior_Industry@lemmy.world avatar

I'm not so sure. I check in on the hot mess that is Twitter from time to time and it looks to me like the advertisers are returning from the ads that I have seen. I think it comes down to how willing Musk is to burn money on when Twitter actually dies and I bet he can find friends of a certain type to sell equity too to keep the shit show going.

I think we have reached the point that those that are willing to hold their noses are staying and those that aren't have gone and that's your new user figures.

brayd ,
@brayd@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

Well Twitter is still used by Musk fanboys, right wingers, from people who don't understand Mastodon and/or the Fediverse and probably from people who use it for porn.

trk ,
@trk@aussie.zone avatar

How do you use Xitter for porn??

brayd ,
@brayd@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

I don't but many people do since many creators use Twitter for that. I personally don't get why they don't switch to Mastodon or another Fediverse software since there are probably NSFW instances too and if not some of them could team up and create one.

cupcakezealot ,
@cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

saying they're forcing you to disable tracking protection is giving them too much credit.

they basically just botched the switchover from one domain to another and forgot about extra tracking domains etc so firefox flagged it as coming from a different domain.

Lemongrab ,

But it directly says to disable enhanced tracking protection. Weird fuck up.

ThetaDev ,

Yes, confirmed it now works again on Firefox Mobile. Today was the day where they switched over the domain, so I guess that makes sense.

MaximilianKohler OP ,

I can't even access it on Edge.

ikidd ,
@ikidd@lemmy.world avatar

And Edge is as open as a middle aged French whore, so you have to know it's a technical issue.

0x2d ,

issue detected: we are having trouble collecting enough personal info

Ilandar ,

The thing people miss when they boast "wElL I DoNT uSe iT sO nOt mY pRoBlEm" is that an increasingly large proportion of our society does use these shit platforms, and for longer periods too. We have to live in this world with all the brainrotted zombies so it is actually our problem too.

MaximilianKohler OP ,

We have to live in this world with all the brainrotted zombies so it is actually our problem too.

I agree and I think there's a solution, but no one seems to care https://lemmy.world/post/14389655.

Lumisal ,

Also responding to unrelated topics will make some think you're a bot. The conversation should happen organically. It'll get you clicks but not positive interaction.

ky56 ,

Every time someone writes x.com I immediately think they're talking about a porn site. What a shit rebrand. Or what a perfect name I guess?

EunieIsTheBus ,

Porn sites are feeling discredited by comparing them to x-formerly-known-as-twitter.com

a_wild_mimic_appears ,

i just get flashbacks from missed point blank 95% hitchance shots

Draegur ,

Twitter forcing me to stop using Twitter is an incredible galaxy brain suicide maneuver. I can't wait to see it explode spectacularly in a blaze of stupid right in elon's face

bitwolf ,

Love Facebook container, but never tried multi account containers thanks for sharing!

Would love for it to be available on the Android version

mindaslab ,
@mindaslab@lemmy.ml avatar

Use Mastodon or Diaspora

kworpy ,
@kworpy@lemm.ee avatar

We're getting closer and closer to the complete destruction of this worthless shithole, keep it up elon!

jsomae ,

Unfortunately, shaking off users who are digitally conscious enough to use Firefox (and recommend alternatives) probably improves Twitter's odds.

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