Twitter: increasingly draconian attempts to wipe out third-party app ecosystem

Mastodon: someone made an app for mid-00's PDAs https://github.com/NattyNarwhal/PocketToot (source: https://cronk.stenoweb.net/@calvin/99937490127548729)

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@nev that 3rd party app thing is a major factor in my decision to leave Twitter. (My client doesn't work? I'll just login to the website then. And delete my account.)

They created this crisis by relying on in-band advertising.