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Brave taking cryptocurrency donations “for me” without my consent

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323 points plusCubed | 4 comments | 21 Dec 18 17:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.635s | source
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jimktrains2 ◴[21 Dec 18 19:28 UTC] No.18735833[source]▶
People complain about paywalls, but this is literally the first Twitter link I've looked at in days and I get a rate limiting error. I don't mind paywalls, but wish micropayments we're easier. Whatever anti-user stuff Twitter has been up to (this isn't a new problem) is just atrocious.
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chowells ◴[21 Dec 18 19:41 UTC] No.18735931[source]▶
That rate limit isn't about pay walls. It's just twitter's desire to force mobile users to use their app. Every single time a mobile user goes to a non-mobile Twitter url, they will hit that "error". Given that it's 100% reproducible, trivial to fix, and trivial to work around (hit reload. No wait needed), it's clear that they just don't want people to use their web browser on mobile devices.
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1. jimktrains2 ◴[21 Dec 18 19:54 UTC] No.18736051[source]▶
Reload never seems to work for me. I give up after 1 or 2 reload tries, though.

> it's clear that they just don't want people to use their web browser on mobile devices.

Which is clearly user hostile.

Reddit does a similar thing whwre they artificially delay showing thebpage and then block a quarter of it with a banner asking you to use the mobile app.

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2. chowells ◴[21 Dec 18 20:00 UTC] No.18736101[source]▶
Oh, not the button it offers to try again. That button is junk. Hit reload on your browser. That works every time, at least in my experience.
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3. jimktrains2 ◴[22 Dec 18 04:22 UTC] No.18738889[source]▶
Yes, whats what I meant, ctrl+r
4. ripdog ◴[23 Dec 18 09:18 UTC] No.18745219[source]▶
The try again button works reliably for me on Firefox Mobile.