PCMagJan 24, 2023
RIP Third-Party Twitter Clients: In just a few days, Twitter has destroyed over 15 years of fruitful collaboration with third-party developers, and we're all worse off for it. https://www.pcmag.com/opinions/rip-third-party-twitter-clients
RIP Third-Party Twitter Clients

In just a few days, Twitter has destroyed over 15 years of fruitful collaboration with third-party developers, and we're all worse off for it.

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Although ad revenue is the most likely reason for Twitter's actions, I think there's also a larger issue at hand. Musk has made it clear that he's the boss and will fire who he wants, ban who he wants, and reinstate who he wants. The very idea that there are other applications out there that could deliver an experience not in line with Musk's vision seems out of line with his authoritarian impulses.

Ooof.

Jan 24, 2023 at 8:12pmWeb
Show threadLeftyLabourTechTorontoJan 26, 2023
@juliobiason @PCMag Most interesting analysis I've heard about what Musk is up to came from Yanis Varoufakis. He thinks Musk doesn't give a crap about Twitter. He bought it because he wants a cloud platform with millions of users to integrate into his other businesses. Twitter was the only one for sale and he brought it. Thus he joins Bezos, Zuckerberg etc. as a "cloudalist" billionaire. The Twitter business? He doesn't give a crap about.