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by tgsovlerkhgsel 2151 days ago
I'm often getting some form of "you're rate limited", "not allowed to perform this action" etc. until I hard-reload the full page.

Given that others have reported it, and it's been there for a long time, I suspect Twitter at the very least intentionally doesn't put too much resources behind the web site to force people to use the app.

Of course, if a service really wants to push an app onto me, it's clear that the app gives them some real benefits, and its usually the kind that aren't a benefit for me (more tracking, better ways to push ads, more "engagement" notifications, ...). So the harder something wants to push an app, the clearer it is that I never, ever want their app to touch my device.

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> I'm often getting some form of "you're rate limited", "not allowed to perform this action" etc. until I hard-reload the full page.

I thought I was the only person dealing with this.. It happens for pretty much every tweet that I open in a browser. After a refresh, everything loads fine, but it's quite annoying.

Yeah, I always thought it was because I use a VPN but maybe not.
I get that for most tweets I open (not logged in - I don't have an account) in my mobile browser. I get a much better success rate if I open it in private browsing mode.
I get this every single time a tweet opens in the iOS web view. I have got their app but either they or Apple or someone screwed something up and tweets never open in it.
Interesting, every single time for me in Firefox for Android, I figured it was some kind of bot detection because of my less-than-common user agent.
I think it's intentional. It doesn't happen when I am on desktop using the same site with virtually no change. Are you also using Firefox by any chance?