An open-source project that allowed viewing tweets without having to go to the website or app has closed down, as Elon Musk’s changes seem to have closed all possible ways to access the Twitter network without an account.
Nitter offered an alternative front-end to Twitter, but it has been causing trouble for months. Nitter.net, the official instance of Nitter, stopped working a few weeks ago.
“Nitter has come to an end: it has been a fun journey. Twitter blocked the last known way to access its network without a user account,” said the NoLog update.
Users reported that many instances of Nitter stopped working about eight months ago, when Twitter (now called X) imposed new restrictions on the API. Some instances remained online with temporary solutions, which no longer work.
“Most Nitter servers used a technique that involved generating lots of temporary tokens to access the content, but now that route is also blocked,” says the NoLog update.
Twitter limited “any access that cannot be monetized” and NoLog says that their service Nitter was designed to maintain user privacy.
As for what Nitter users should do now, the NoLog post had a recommendation: “Do not trust corporations, especially those where an egomaniac has all the power. Use open-source and community-driven solutions if you can (like Mastodon)”.
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