From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On 22 Nov 2024 17:42:47 -0400, Mike Spencer wrote:   
      
   > Posts to various blogs and mailing lists I see frequently cite URLs to   
   > Xitter sites -- x.com, twitter.com, t.co.  I've never been able to   
   > access them using my chosen browser (Seamonkey), even when js is turned   
   > on.   
      
   Yes, I come across those links, too. Sometimes they work, other times the   
   site wants me to sign in to see them.   
      
   > I finally got a cell phone because neither of us is able any longer to   
   > walk home from just anywhere -- old, y'know?  And opted for a smart   
   > phone because it seemed stupid to pay through the nose for the service   
   > and not have the advanced features available should I ever come to want   
   > one of them.  I hate the touch-screen GUI, inaccessibility of the   
   > system, inability to write scripts that modify network interactions,   
   > opacity of nearly everything etc. etc.   
      
   With Android you have alternative builds from source that give you more   
   control over your device. Though of course you lose the proprietary Google   
   services. (Which you might consider a feature, not a bug...)   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)