A quick hack redirecting proprietary links to their FOSS counterparts.

README.md

Social Redirect

Redirects for Youtube, Instagram and Twitter accounts. These rules will redirect any links or traffic in your browser from Youtube, Instagram or Twitter to their FLOSS clients. These clients are:

• Youtube :: Invidio
• Twitter :: Nitter
• Instagram :: Bibliogram

Installation

• Get the HTTPS Everywhere browser extension.
• Visit the settings page for your extensions, add-ons, or what have you.
• Go to the preferences for the extension
• Click advanced settings; use ctrl-z if this does not appear initially.
• Paste the text of the .xml file into the corresponding page and save.

Enjoy a more free and open internet! Partial source can be found here.

social-redirect-hack.xml

    <ruleset name="yt2in_nojs">
      <target host="youtube.com" />
      <target host="www.youtube.com" />

      <rule from="^https?://(www\.)?youtube.com/watch\?"
            to="https://invidio.us/watch?nojs=1&amp;" />
    </ruleset>

    <ruleset name="twit2nit">
      <target host="twitter.com" />
      <target host="www.twitter.com" />

      <rule from="^https?://(www\.)?twitter.com/"
            to="https://nitter.net/" />
    </ruleset>

    <ruleset name="ig2bibgram">
      <target host="instagram.com" />
      <target host="www.instagram.com" />
      <rule from="^https?://(www\.)?instagram.com/"
            to="https://bibliogram.snopyta.org/u/" />
    </ruleset>