ateszzMar 3, 2023
Federico Viticci 

If you do one good Nerd Thing this week, make it tapping the 'I Don't Need a Refund' button in Tweetbot and Twitterrific.

These apps, in many ways, pioneered the modern concept of quality, indie app for iPhone. They gave us much more than they ever asked for with their subscriptions.

Join me in not needing a refund: https://www.macstories.net/stories/a-final-update-to-tweetbot-and-twitterrific-that-allows-users-to-support-tapbots-and-the-iconfactory/

A Final Update to Tweetbot and Twitterrific That Allows Users to Support Tapbots and The Iconfactory

Usually, when a big company shuts down an API, they give customers time to prepare. It’s the right thing to do regardless of what any terms of service say. That’s not how things went down with Twitter. Instead, as I wrote in January, Twitter eliminated access to its API for many third-party apps, including Tweetbot

Mar 2, 2023 at 8:10pmWeb
Show threadcarlcaulkettMar 2, 2023
@viticci And, of course, donating to Tweetbot will, in turn, support the future development of Tapbot’s excellent @Ivory Mastodon client 😍
Show threadSondekMar 2, 2023
@viticci @pschiller
Imagine how much credit Apple would get with vital indie developers if they decided to magnanimously pick up the tab for the cancelled subscriptions of these two apps which fell over through no fault of their own [or Apple] but through the antisocial behaviour of Twitter.
Show threadAndrewkfbMar 2, 2023
@viticci I’m glad you and John posted this, otherwise I wouldn’t have known to do it ✌️
Show threadMarcus KrügerMar 2, 2023
@viticci I gladly did all that. What I don‘t understand is the mechanism in Apple‘s AppStore that would give me an automatic refund otherwise? How can this work without any action of a user (complaint).
Show threadMac GeekMar 2, 2023
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Show threadSathish PaulMar 2, 2023

@viticci

Loved Tweetbot and have opted out of the refund. I hope both these companies are able to ride out this challenging time.

But I have the same question as @mjtsai: how does this user action help avoid the refund? Does clicking on that “I don’t want a refund” button let Apple know not to process the refund for that app?

https://mjtsai.com/blog/2023/03/02/tweetbot-and-twitterrific-subscription-cliff/

Michael Tsai - Blog - Tweetbot and Twitterrific Subscription Cliff

Show threadPeter Kretzman (he/him)Mar 4, 2023
@viticci Longtime Tweetbot user/subscriber. I appreciate Tweetbot even more, now that I’m forced to use the absolutely awful iOS Twitter app.
Show threadIan BuchananMar 4, 2023
@viticci done.