FediTips has moved!Jan 14, 2023

Twitter appears to have stopped third party Twitter apps from accessing their network, without any warning or explanation. The reason Twitter can do this is because they control twitter.com and there are no other servers to choose from.

This kind of instant shutdown cannot happen on Mastodon or the Fediverse, because there are thousands of independent servers running on free open software standards.

This is why third party apps are so much more widely used on Mastodon and the Fediverse.

Show threadArkadiusz Świętnicki 🇨🇳 I HAVE MOVEDJan 14, 2023
@feditips Pleaseeeeeeee, even you? It can happen on any service. The so called Fediverse also uses the servers and migration is not trivial
Show threadFediTips has moved!Jan 14, 2023

@Nuno

No, it can't happen like this. Twitter has shut out third party API users instantly without warning or explanation.

That can't happen on a large federated network where each server is totally independent and decides for itself what software it runs.

There can be changes in APIs that cause app compatibility problems when a server upgrades, sure, but that's a gradual process that can be rolled back or forked if necessary. It wouldn't be without warning or explanation or alternatives.

Show threadArkadiusz Świętnicki 🇨🇳 I HAVE MOVEDJan 14, 2023
@feditips If I create an instance that gets popular, I can rstrtict, remove, change API endpoints as I please
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@Nuno @feditips

And everyone can move off that instance and migrate to a new one, it’s even a supported feature

Jan 14, 2023 at 7:31pmWeb