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                      Twitter Bans Third-Party Client Apps

   Adam Engst

   At Engadget, [1]Karissa Bell writes:

     In case there was any doubt about Twitter's intentions in[2]cutting
     offthe developers of third-party apps, the company has quietly
     updated its[3]developer agreementto make clear that app makers are
     no longer permitted to create their own clients.

   Last week, many independent Twitter apps abruptly stopped working when
   Twitter shut down the necessary API without explanation. In the latest
   news from Twitter's slow-motion implosion, Engadget discovered that
   Twitter has now updated its developer agreement to exclude third-party
   clients. That makes the appicide official, to the extent that anything
   coming out of Twitter these days is official. In response, The
   Iconfactory formally announced that it has [4]discontinued Twitterrific
   for macOS and iOS, and Tapbots published [5]a memorial to its
   now-defunct Tweetbot app. Twitter may be able to deliver more ad
   impressions through its native apps, but this move may finally drive
   many long-time users who relied on apps like Twitterrific and Tweetbot
   to Mastodon.

   [6]Read original article

References

   1. https://www.engadget.com/twitter-new-developer-terms-ban-third-party-clients-211247096.html
   2. https://www.engadget.com/twitter-third-party-app-developers-api-rules-193013123.html
   3. https://developer.twitter.com/en/developer-terms/agreement
   4. https://blog.iconfactory.com/2023/01/twitterrific-end-of-an-era/
   5. https://tapbots.com/tweetbot/
   6. https://www.engadget.com/twitter-new-developer-terms-ban-third-party-clients-211247096.html

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