Not going to lie, Twitter killing off free API access hits me in the feels. I remember with great affection the flood of creativity that happened after we opened up the API, and it's heartbreaking to see that unceremoniously strangled.

I'm relieved that we've got better alternatives, though. While this is perhaps the final straw for many bots on Twitter, it's been a long time coming and the API has long been hobbled compared to the early days. Open protocols or bust. ✊

Meanwhile, has anyone built a Twitter API compatibility shim for Mastodon? 🤔
@blaine there is! BirdsiteLIVE does Twitter-to-ActivityPub bridging so you can follow Twitter users from any ActivityPub-based platform, Mastodon included.