On June 19, Twitter has said it will be disabling "streaming
     services," which is how third-party apps like Tweetbot and
     Twitterrific can stream the timeline and send push notifications.
     The replacement, the Account Activity API is not available to
     third-party developers …

   From [1]512pixels.net.

   If this plays out the way it seems at the moment, this might not work
   out the way Twitter hopes it will. This feels like a monetization play.

   I know of only one person in my circle who prefers the default Twitter
   client experience. As "[2]The Most Interesting Man in the World" might
   say, "I don't always visit Twitter. But when I do, I prefer Tweetbot."

   The third party developers of Twitter clients Twitterific, Tweetbot,
   Tallon, and Tweetings [3]have a website on the topic and [4]there's an
   associated hashtag campaign. These efforts impacted Twitter's plans at
   least to delay implementation.

   "Stay tweety, my friends"?

Further reading

     * [5]The Verge
     * [6]9to5Mac.com
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   My original entry is here: [7]Disengage Twitter?. It posted Sun, 08 Apr
   2018 08:13:04 +0000.
   Filed under: personal, tech,

References

   1. https://512pixels.net/2018/04/twitter-breaking-third-party-clients-in-june/
   2. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Interesting_Man_in_the_World
   3. http://apps-of-a-feather.com/
   4. https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=#BreakingMyTwitter
   5. https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/6/17206524/twitter-tweetbot-twitterrific-apps-features-api-changes
   6. https://9to5mac.com/2018/04/06/twitter-api-breaking-tweetbot-twitterrific-features/
   7. https://www.prjorgensen.com/?p=987