inari@piefed.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoXCancel also served cease and desist letter from Xitterxcancel.comexternal-linkmessage-square69linkfedilinkarrow-up1499arrow-down17 cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoCould anyone explain what this xcancel is/does for someone who never used twitter?
minus-squareinari@piefed.zipOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·1 month agoIt displays tweets without generating traffic to Twitter
minus-squarecommunism@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50·1 month 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-up31·1 month agoAnd you don’t have to login to view stuff.
minus-squaredb0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·1 month 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-up4·1 month agoAh, OK. That’s why they are pissed off.
Could anyone explain what this xcancel is/does for someone who never used twitter?
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.