Mastodawn

Twitter is killing free API access.

Will most devs pay for access? No thanks.

If what happened to 3rd party clients proves true, I have a feeling many devs will move their efforts to the Fediverse.

“Starting February 9, we will no longer support free access to the Twitter API, both v2 and v1.1. A paid basic tier will be available instead 🧵”

Twitter

Killing free API access is an incredibly terrible business decision from Twitter.

1. It was once free
2. It’s main competitor (Mastodon) doesn’t just offer a free API, it’s open source
3. It’s also competing with ActivtyPub

Elon Musk is motivating the Fediverse ecosystem!

They will probably defer the cutoff but it’s fun to extrapolate on what this means.

Let’s assume Musk doesn’t care about Twitter the product. He bought the customer base. Those who remain are his addicts and he can ride them hard.

He cares about his Mars ambitions and Tesla and he wants the GOP in power (in return for space money and crushing his irritants).

Given that what we will have his addicts do? He will want them to use his payments scheme …