Dan GillmorJan 19, 2023

So, finally, Musk's minions have acknowledged why they locked out third-party Twitter clients: The purpose is to force users onto Twitter's own website and apps.

Remember, they lied earlier to justify killing off the competition, claiming violations of the rules. Since there were no violations they could point to, they rewrote the rules.

Anyone who trusts Musk and Twitter at this point is willfully stupid.

https://www.engadget.com/twitter-new-developer-terms-ban-third-party-clients-211247096.html

h/t @andybaio

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@dangillmor @andybaio

Our chrome extension relies on the API, but hasn't been killed yet. Prob. bc it doesn't "replicate the Twitter experience," as they once forbade new devs from doing. It "enhanced" with added features. Not mentioned in the press is that Twitterific and other clients were always grandfathered in after Twitter warned devs (years ago) that new "primary experience apps" (competitors) would no longer be approved. It seems Elmo decided to claw back the grandfathered status.

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@dangillmor @andybaio

We're probably next. That's our working assumption, anyway. We'd be insane to assume otherwise.

Jan 20, 2023 at 12:15amWeb