Who gets to tell a private company what it should or shouldn’t do? Can/can’t may be defined by law, but should/shouldn’t? The morality police? And whether you like it or not, with enough money you absolutely get to do what you want without rules or regulations. Not everyone gets away with it but some certainly do.
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Twitter Officially Bans All Third-Party Apps [Update]
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Their memory is highly selective. Although, Twitter could always be trusted to permit child exploitation on their platform; I wonder why 🤔
I guarantee you’ll be on the receiving end of something similar one day soon and when you do, you will be cry-arsing about the unfairness of it all whilst we all simply look the other way.
as opposed to providing the service for free because third party clients didn't show ads...?
Since Elon took over and censorship/ cancel culture was a thing of the past on Twitter i instantly deleted tweetbot. App is getting better week by week and it’s free. Keep going Elon and stay strong 🤘🤘
Twitter is on the rise after so many layoffs and doomsayers:
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Twitter is on the rise after so many layoffs and doomsayers:
Twitter plans to double revenue by 2023, reach 315M daily users | TechCrunch
Just ahead of its 2021 virtual investor day on Thursday, Twitter this morning announced its three long-term goals focused on user base and revenue growth,
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Not a good move. Wonder what other changes will Twitter get in the future.
Why? After “so much” what else would one even want to buy? Then all that’s left is wondering if your friends are really your friends or if they just want the lifestyle you provide. in the end money can’t make the man in the mirror be a good man when his actions aren’t. I’d rather just be me, than ”a” Space Karen. 😀
Never understood the existence of alternative Twitter clients in the first place. From Twitter's point of view, you probably want to have the user experience and ad exposure under as much control as possible, especially when development goes fast like it is at the moment. Apple users should understand that argument more than anyone.
Also feels sort of hypocritical to me to criticize this move on grounds of "openness and transparency" or whatever, but then paying 6 USD a year for proprietary software and promises not to violate your privacy before sending your tweet to a platform that will do whatever it likes with it anyways. For the most part Twitter's API was enabling a bunch of software devs to piggyback on this platform for free. From an economic point of view that makes absolutely no sense.
Also feels sort of hypocritical to me to criticize this move on grounds of "openness and transparency" or whatever, but then paying 6 USD a year for proprietary software and promises not to violate your privacy before sending your tweet to a platform that will do whatever it likes with it anyways. For the most part Twitter's API was enabling a bunch of software devs to piggyback on this platform for free. From an economic point of view that makes absolutely no sense.
Their survival wasn't the issue. Twitter not being #1 in free apps was.
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The reason why it's even at the top #2 is because Elon Musk was literally crying to Mr. Tim Cook over 2 months ago. Awkward moment and a conversation. Also, notice Tim Cook didn't even bother posting a photo with him.
Uninvited guest at Apple Park.
Elon Musk Meets With Apple CEO Tim Cook Amid Claims of Twitter App Store Dispute [Updated]
Twitter CEO Elon Musk today met with Apple CEO Tim Cook at the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, according to a tweet shared by Musk this...
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Sometimes I feel like Elon Musk's Twitter account is being handled by a bot. The way he's been Tweeting just for attention, approval and personal satisfaction. 🤦🏻♀️
It's their choice but could have been done in less of an ******* move.
But that wouldn't have been on brand for musk ...
But that wouldn't have been on brand for musk ...
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What a way to start off 2023. Social Media brings nothing but a headache!
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Sometimes I miss the MySpace days too. Simpler Times! In addition, Tom was never caught in any type of nonsense drama. He was just everyone's #1 friend. Notice how his interests kept real.
No Attention. No Ego. No Over-Confidence!
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Example of Elon giving people notice:
" Funding secured. I'm taking Tesla Private. "
sure bro.
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Everyone seems to be forgetting that the Twitter app started life as Tweetie, an incredible third party app before Twitter bought it and butchered it.
We are sorry to say that the app’s sudden and undignified demise is due to an unannounced and undocumented policy change by an increasingly capricious Twitter – a Twitter that we no longer recognize as trustworthy nor want to work with any longer.
Crocodile tears.
Crocodile tears.
But the API wasn’t free. Devs had to pay for it.