libredirect/browser_extension

Please add back Nitter again.

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Giger22 commented

Why did you remove nitter? https://nitter.poast.org still works

NoPlagiarism commented

Nitter is removed due being unmaintained and pronouncing dead by author themselve.

For self-hosted (check this repo) and public instances that still work you can use Redirector. Hope with #892 all rules will be in one place somewhen

Also, issue can be kinda called duplicate of #898

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MintMain21 commented

I'm glad at least one instance still works, but there's no guarantee it'll last long anyway.

githubtefo commented

Please just keep it active until https://nitter.poast.org will stop working.

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mirh commented

There are also a few other instances still up
My 2c are to use version 2.8.1 and disable automatic updates (surprisingly it was hard to find many such addons that actually had x.com actually being redirected too)

Giger22 commented

Disappointing.

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githubtefo commented

There are also a few other instances still up My 2c are to use version 2.8.1 and disable automatic updates (surprisingly it was hard to find many such addons that actually had x.com actually being redirected too)

OK, I will do that for a while. Hope to remember switching back if this is reverted. Thanks!

UPDATE: Actually it doesn't work for me. The whole extension stops fetching instances for all the sites. I had to go back to the last version.

6Fv commented

If you insist on removing Twitter, consider adding a "Custom" option. URL matching rules should be configurable in the "custom" option. This way people who still use Nitter, or other sites, can continue to do so. Additionally, this repo won't get blown up with issues.

Leave it up to the user...

NoPlagiarism commented

URL matching rules should be configurable in the "custom" option

That's what Redirector is for

This will be solved with #892

UPD: Also, about any "Custom" option: #804 (comment)

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githubtefo commented

Redirector works for me with these two redirects:
Redirector.json

Nitter from twitter
Redirect: https://twitter.com/*
to: https://nitter.poast.org/$1
Hint: *   to $1
Example: https://twitter.com/x → https://nitter.poast.org/x
Applies to: Main window (address bar)

twitter from X
Redirect: https://x.com/*
to: twitter.com/$1
Hint: * to $1
Example: https://x.com/x → twitter.com/x
Applies to: Main window (address bar)

Another addon to my list 🙄

MintMain21 commented

Please just keep it active until https://nitter.poast.org will stop working.

Aaaand it's dead.

I hope that month and a half was worth it.

mirh commented

It does still work happily

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