Marco SiccardiMar 22, 2025

💻 A new update for my #TwistReader app is available on #TestFlight:

Version 1.0.25121

  • makes auto refresh of all feed groups at app start working again
  • includes better network error handling throughout the app

testflight.apple.com/join/r6ks… TwistReader

#iosdev #ios #dotNET #MAUI

Join the TwistReader beta

Available on iOS

Marco SiccardiJan 30, 2023
Due to the #Twitter chaos, I needed to sunset my app #TwistReader (TWItter liST Reader, an alternative way of consuming the content (links, images, videos) of tweets based on lists). I also decided to not write apps for #SocialMedia ever again. But… #Mastodon has lists as well… so I could port it over… 🤔 #devproblems #decisions #devlife
Marco SiccardiJan 15, 2023
I am still sad that I had pull the plug on my alternative #Twitter client #TwistReader once the lay-offs began last year … now there is evidence that the app suspensions are intentional
https://9to5google.com/2023/01/14/twitter-third-party-app-intentional-block/
#birdsite #developers #relations
3rd-party Twitter app 'suspensions are intentional,' still no public communication

On Thursday, third-party Twitter apps stopped working in a move that many have come to conclude was intentional. A report now confirms...

9to5Google
Marco SiccardiDec 15, 2022

“Let this be my personal notice to #Twitter developers: The team is gone; the investment has been undone. Love does not live here anymore.” -@Amir

And that is the very reason I needed to let my app #TwistReader (TWItter liST READER) die as soon as the layoffs began. This article is just confirming I took the right decision.

https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/15/developer-platforms-are-all-about-trust-and-twitter-lost-it/

#birdsite #devlife #developer #relations #trust

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