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	by al_borland 884 days ago
	>add 185.246.188.57 nitter.net to your hosts file Good workaround, but not so helpful for iOS.

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You just need a DNS server that does that, I guess?

So I was thinking it would be kind of nice if there was a way to write a url like

https://nitter.net(c/o 185.246.188.57)/something/other

I guess links would still be broken though. Maybe a browser feature for a hosts file?

That's basically what a HTTP client does. It connects to the server (, does some TLS stuff) and sends a request like

  GET / HTTP/2
  Host: nitter.net
  […other headers]

This would just need to be exposed in a browser.

Is that yet another thing the mothership won’t let you do with an iPhone?

I don't think this limitation is exclusive to Apple though.

As far as I know, there is no way to edit a hosts file on Android either. Is there?

I still consider it an Android bug that it isn't possible, even after all these years. The permission model on Android is pure nonsense.

Well... not directly without root, but you can host a DNS Server on Android and use it if you wanted to

You can do it on a GNU/Linux phone though (sent from my Librem 5).

Not without root

Theoretically if you setup something like nextdns on the iPhone you could set an override