Federico Viticci Jan 15, 2023

Let's pour one out for third-party Twitter clients:

Apps that shaped UI conventions, pioneered a market, and in many ways reinvented how we communicate online – unceremoniously killed off by a clown who thinks he's the smartest guy around because he has money.

These apps didn't deserve to end up like this.

https://www.macstories.net/stories/twitter-intentionally-ends-third-party-app-developer-access-to-its-apis/

Twitter Intentionally Ends Third-Party App Developer Access to Its APIs

Late yesterday, The Information reported that it had seen internal Twitter Slack communications confirming that the company had intentionally cut off third-party Twitter app access to its APIs. The shut-down, which happened Thursday night US time, hasn’t affected all apps and services that use the API but instead appears targeted at the most popular third-party

Show threadGoz 🕹Jan 15, 2023

@viticci One of the most used gestures on phones today, the pull to refresh, was invented with a 3rd party client, Tweetie, by Loren Brichter.

I’m hoping Mastodon clients will continue to push the boundaries of interface design.

Show threadGoz 🕹
@viticci And that’s what I get for commented before reading the article. 😍 I was going to delete my toot, it decided to leave it up to remind me to read the article before commenting!!
Jan 15, 2023 at 4:33pmWeb