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How to view X (twitter) directly in X and not be passed off to the X app?

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Jeffery Small replied
Jeffery Small
Jeffery Small

Android 12 on a Samsung S10+ Phone

Up until just a few days ago I could view X (twitter) directly using the Firefox browser and get the same experience I get on my Linux desktop. X changed something and will no longer load directly in the browser, but passes me off to the X app which I had to load on my phone.

Is there a way to bypass this and allow Firefox to directly access the X feed as it was doing a week ago?

BTW, the same thing happened long ago to the AP News site. However, on one phone I have a legacy link that still allows direct access, However, any attempt to create a new direct link forces me to the AP News app.

Thanks for any pointers.

Android 12 on a Samsung S10+ Phone Up until just a few days ago I could view X (twitter) directly using the Firefox browser and get the same experience I get on my Linux desktop. X changed something and will no longer load directly in the browser, but passes me off to the X app which I had to load on my phone. Is there a way to bypass this and allow Firefox to directly access the X feed as it was doing a week ago? BTW, the same thing happened long ago to the AP News site. However, on one phone I have a legacy link that still allows direct access, However, any attempt to create a new direct link forces me to the AP News app. Thanks for any pointers.

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jbr
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Perhaps you can fool them by requesting the desktop version — tapping the three-dot menu, and toggling "Desktop site" to ON.

Jeffery Small
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jbr:

Great suggestion. I tried connecting again through the browser but it just forced me into the phone app. So I uninstalled the the app and now I can once again access x.com through the browser, with all my browser protections in effect. I don't even need to use the "Desktop" trick you mentioned, but I did see it there, so that's something good to know about. I'm not clear as to what happened a short time ago where the site simply wouldn't load without forcing the installation of the app, but things now seem to be back to normal. Maybe the X team was trying out some hack that didn't work out, so they reverted back.

Anyway, thanks for the idea, and for prompting me to try something new that actually worked.

Regards.

Tanya soalan

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