Her are some alternatives to social that allow you to browse without logging in. The sites offer minimalist versions of various social media.
Quick Answer
- Twitter: Xcancel Nitter & Poast.org – both allow access Twitter/X without login
- YouTube: Invidious (by Nadeko) – offers alternative access YouTube
- Reddit: Redlib (by Perennialte) – a clean and fast loading alternative interface to Reddit
- Instagram: Imginn – access Instagram without login
- TikTok: ProxiTok (by Lunar.icu) – access TikTok without login
- Hacker News: Hckrnews – clean interface to HackerNews
These sites are mostly hosting open source software. Please do you own research regarding ownership and privacy policies.
More Alternatives
FreeTube (YouTube Alternative)
FreeTube is an open-source desktop YouTube player built with privacy in mind. You can watch YouTube without ads and Google tracking you via JavaScript. Instead, FreeTube uses the Invidious API.
FreeTube is available for Windows, Mac & Linux.
SafeReddit (Reddit Alternative)
SafeReddit is a fast and non-tracking interface to Reddit. It is an instance of Redlib. This is an interface that is similar to LibReddit, but it’s more reliable. Reddit was blocking IPs from accessing the JSON endpoints, but Redlib doesn’t use those anymore. Instead, they emulate an official client, which currently doesn’t have any kind of IP blocking (probably because they don’t want to ban any mobile VPN users).
Hckr News (Hacker News Alternative)
hckr news is a nice clean interface to Hacker News. It was made so you can easily access a chronological list of items that have made it onto the Hacker News homepage. Here’s the about page.
Image Credit
artist: ian davenport, spring (bluebonnet), installation shot of horizons at dallas contemporary, 2019.
