Rod HiltonJul 4, 2023

I have some insider knowledge here that I wanted to share.

This is not happening because Google scrapes Twitter and is now unable to. Google has been a paying customer (with a special negotiated rate) of the Firehose API for nearly a decade. Presumably, that deal was still in effect, barring API rate changes having an impact.

So this decision is solely because the results can no longer be viewed by non-logged-in users.

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Show threadDavid Pollak
@rodhilton and this is how GOOG drives down the price of Twitter so they can buy Twitter for maybe 10% of what musk paid… and maybe escape anti-trust scrutiny in the process…
Jul 5, 2023 at 10:23amIvory for iOS
Show threadMatt Griffin Jul 5, 2023
@dpp @rodhilton yo then add it to the list of Things Google Killed? I’m sure they’d love a social property to put ads on but I doubt a dead Twitter would be it.