Twitter for Mac App Set to Return to macOS

I don't get why they didn't just leave the old one running until this came out. It's not like they ever updated it anyway, so we weren't expecting much. Instead, they made everyone go and buy a third-party app. Useless.

 

it was idiotic to have been discontinued in the first place.

 

I'm sure users are excited as Twitter at the thought of them bringing their utterly awful iPad app to the Mac.

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They did you a favor because the third-party apps are way better than anything Twitter offers or will ever offer.

 

I wonder how much Apple paid them to bring it back. Good publicity for Project Catalyst.

 

I've gotten used to not having them on MacOS since they inexplicably pulled the plug on us. Not sure if I'll bring them back or not.

 

The weird thing about Project Catalyst-related announcements like this one from Twitter is they make the Mac seem as if it is the upstart platform, inheriting long-running apps from a heritage OS (iOS).

 

I use Tweetdeck, and prefer it due to the real time refreshing feed.

Is Tweetdeck better or worse than true iPad version?

Anybody have suggestions for better Twitter apps for Mac (that feature a real time refresh.)?

 

With dedicated app, people cannot block the ads. That’s why they resurrect the dedicated app. Now with Project Catalyst, the development cost is worth it

 

I'm a Tweetbot user. Vastly better app. IMO.

 

They would be better if they still had access to the APIs they did before Twitter cut them off.

I’m super happy the app is coming back. I never understand why they would remove something so many used.

 

Ehhh. In the past maybe, but the way Twitter has crippled third-party developers now basically means a lot of other apps are just missing key features. It's a shame.

 

1.5 MILLION lines of code for an app that shows a list of text basically. (I am simplyfing. I know it allows ‘messaging’ and photo upload too)

You can only imagine how many lines of code were used on tracking, ad targeting and a/b testing crap.

There is no way in hell something as simple as twitter needs that much code.

 

A dozen donuts shaped like the Apple Park campus.

 

What key features are you missing?

I haven't noticed anything valuable aside from the timeline streaming that I did like.

 

Right now I use Twitter.com in a Flotato app.

https://flotato.com

I also use it for Slack, WhatsApp, Trello, Discord, Telegram, YouTube and more. Way better than the official Electron apps for those services.

I've not used the Twitter iPad app in a long time so I can't compare.

 

Agree. Every once in a while I load up the native Twitter app and it doesn't take long to being to wonder how people live with that thing every day.

 

Tweetbot. And it's not close. And if there's a feature missing that is available on the website (polls) then it's because Twitter doesn't have an API for it. They killed a lot of APIs and all the 3rd party apps had to remove a bunch of stuff.

I used Tweetdeck when it was just about the only option in the early days before Twitter bought it and, ultimately, ruined it. Unless you are a power user who needs to use it for work (ie you are the social media dept) then it's honestly just too much.

 

I conditionally agree. Tweetbot has lots that Twitter doesn't, but Twitter is still better because they revoked most APIs from 3rd parties. :/

 

Agreed. Although I don't use Twitter as frequently on my MacBook compared to my iOS devices, Tweetbot is a superior app and experience on both iOS and macOS.

 

Tweetbot or nothing. Twitter keeps dropping more and more APIs to third parties to convince people to use the official Twitter apps. All they're convincing me to do is delete my Twitter account all together.

 

lol should I use Tweetbot? or something else??
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