inari@piefed.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoXCancel also served cease and desist letter from Xitterxcancel.comexternal-linkmessage-square69linkfedilinkarrow-up1500arrow-down17 cross-posted to: programming@programming.dev
arrow-up1493arrow-down1external-linkXCancel also served cease and desist letter from Xitterxcancel.cominari@piefed.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square69linkfedilink cross-posted to: programming@programming.dev
minus-squareinari@piefed.zipOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·2 months agoIt displays tweets without generating traffic to Twitter
minus-squarecommunism@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50·2 months agoIt will still generate traffic to Twitter in order to fetch the tweet. It’s an alternative frontend for privacy purposes, so Twitter doesn’t get your browser fingerprint, IP address, etc. It’s all proxied through xcancel/nitter.
minus-square123@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·2 months agoAnd you don’t have to login to view stuff.
minus-squaredb0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·2 months agoHowever it generates only a fraction of the traffic that would otherwise reach twitter, and also makes it useless as it cannot be data harvested.
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoAh, OK. That’s why they are pissed off.
It displays tweets without generating traffic to Twitter
It will still generate traffic to Twitter in order to fetch the tweet. It’s an alternative frontend for privacy purposes, so Twitter doesn’t get your browser fingerprint, IP address, etc. It’s all proxied through xcancel/nitter.
And you don’t have to login to view stuff.
However it generates only a fraction of the traffic that would otherwise reach twitter, and also makes it useless as it cannot be data harvested.
Ah, OK. That’s why they are pissed off.