Paul Haddad Feb 2, 2023

Step 1. Kill the most popular class of clients of an API, one of the few that could afford to pay money for access.
Step 2. Start charging for the API.

But hey at least 1 weeks notice this time…

Show threadPaul Haddad Feb 2, 2023
A Twitter API->nMastodon API bridge server that covers a handful of the most popular API calls would probably be really popular. Yeah I know it's an easy migration but people (myself included) are lazy, the less work to move over the better.
Show threadPaul Haddad Feb 2, 2023

The real big brain move is announcing that you are going to move to a paid model without announcing what the prices are.

You have a week to deal with edge functionality on your app/website breaking, you can wait and hope for the best or just nuke it right away. I know which choice I'd make.

Show threadPierre
@paul @mark does this make Tweetbot possible again? And would you do it? Guess we won’t know if we don’t know prices
Feb 2, 2023 at 4:42pmWeb
Show threadMark Jardine Feb 2, 2023
@breadandwater no 3rd party clients will never be allowed. This is just for other small apps and bots.
Show threadPierreFeb 2, 2023
@mark thank you for the clarification sir!