it's been around a year* since i deleted without my twitter account, cause it's so terrifyingly addicting, that i can't risk having one.
with nitter dying a few months ago, i finally gave in today and created one to just view tweets. and, to prevent history from repeating, i made a css userstyle so that i can't interact with anything. it's like not having an account at all.
* i don't actually know if it's been a year, but def more than like 10 months.
limitations
you can still like posts with the keyboard shortcuts though. i don't think you can change that with css, but who knows. i haven't looked into it either.
i'm actually much smarter about it this time
look at this:
div[aria-label="Timeline: Your Home Timeline"] {...}i mean, sure, they might actually change the wording in the future, but it has consequences. they can always change the classes and break everything, but they can't just remove accessibility features... or can they? at this point, i don't even know what elon is willing to do.
alternatives
if you don't care about viewing replies, you can use https://www.sotwe.com/. unlike nitter, it's a proprietary service that probably actually pays for the api.