Dan GillmorIf you "Log in with Twitter" to any websites, get ready for that to stop working. Maybe the sites will send money to Musk, but maybe they won't. You need a Plan B, right now.
Peter Sterne@dangillmor Does that rely on the API? Or is it just oauth?
@petersterne Good question. But I wouldn't make any assumption about Twitter connections working for any purpose at this point.
@petersterne Seems to me the login function has to -- as some level -- use the API. Again I'm not positive, but I wouldn't even consider relying on it at this point.
@cmmcd@dangillmor @petersterne I stopped updating the bird app on my iPhone last spring & sometime in Nov-Dec it would not work w/o updating. I switched to web access, which used to be fine but is now a good way to see the tech falling apart.
In the last week it keeps logging me out & forcing me to reenter my password. They are changing things.
My usage of the site has dropped off a cliff.
SumerNow@Cmmcd @dangillmor @petersterne I can imagine for someone with 500k followers, it might be hard to give it up. I only had 150, and deleted my ten year old account without hesitation when Musk bought it. I do miss all the shitty reporters though, and none of my elected officials are on Mastodon, but...oh well.