Stock chrome on an Android phone. Most often from a Twitter link on HN. I'd say I get an error 90+% on the first try, and the refresh usually works the first time... occasionally, I need to do two.
Bone stock phone, nothing notable about it or the browser. Doesn't happen on my Windows or Linux desktops.
I have the same problem. I don't really use twitter, but sometimes I get a link to there from Reddit or HN. Twitter never works on the first try with Firefox or Chrome on Android. Often a refresh helps, but sometimes it does not work at all.
I too think it is done intentionally to get users to install the app. I can't think of a reason this is a simple bug. But the again... Hanlon's razor.
Why would you run stock chrome on android? Use a privacy respecting browser like firefox or Brave and install an ad-blocker like Ublock before browsing the web.
Chrome does not respect user privacy and is designed to not support add-ons as it will hurt Google's core advertising business.
Bone stock phone, nothing notable about it or the browser. Doesn't happen on my Windows or Linux desktops.