How do you ban a Tesla? Not allow me to park mine near your house?
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Twitter Officially Bans All Third-Party Apps [Update]
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With the state of this society, just ban all social media. Leave it to humans to take something like the internet that has so much positive potential and then use it nefariously for their own personal gain or deliberately to facilitate the demise of others.
Don’t worry. You’re still a Karen. You’re just not a billionaire space Karen.
I think it's ridiculous to report this over and over again.
These apps mimic what Twitter does. They do not offer a new and different service. And yet, these apps are paid. Twitter does not make any profit from this fee. Through the AppStore: Apple, through Google Play: Google and the application producer earn money.
You start a company and there are third software companies that generate income from your work. What do you do. This should have happened long ago.
Same problem on Reddit. It wasn't canceled on the Apollo.
These apps mimic what Twitter does. They do not offer a new and different service. And yet, these apps are paid. Twitter does not make any profit from this fee. Through the AppStore: Apple, through Google Play: Google and the application producer earn money.
You start a company and there are third software companies that generate income from your work. What do you do. This should have happened long ago.
Same problem on Reddit. It wasn't canceled on the Apollo.
In fact, Apple and Google should never have allowed these apps to their appstores. It's not right for counterfeit apps to get paid.
And I think definitely ask for a refund. Get yours money.
https://reportaproblem.apple.com
And I think definitely ask for a refund. Get yours money.
https://reportaproblem.apple.com
I used TweetBot on my iPhone/iPad, loved the interface. Twitter actually has an alternative called Tweetdeck, allows columns of pretty much anything (lists, single username or search, etc). I believe it's ONLY available now via web at tweetdeck.twitter.com. Just posting if it helps someone out who wants an alternative. Even use it on my iPad via a homepage save from Safari. Also, no ads as of yet.
If this Ars Technica article is accurate, it wasn't even true the developer agreement had a long-standing ban on third-party Twitter apps. Apparently he quietly just changed the agreement after shutting down the API:
arstechnica.com
Twitter retroactively changes developer agreement to ban third-party clients
A single line, changed days after a vague statement, ends a foundational era.
arstechnica.com
Twitter charges for API access. They could have monetized it differently if they chose to.
Most people understand that ending API access was a reasonable business decision. The complaints are about the lack of reasonable notice to developers. Especially considering the role those developers played in the creation of Twitter.
Cutting if off without notice. Waiting several days before acknowledging the change. Lying about the reason for the change. Waiting another couple of days. And then finally confirming the policy change.
How's that dumpster fire?
Seems like it is burning ever than before, and 9 firetrucks are out and still not able to put the fire out.
Seems like it is burning ever than before, and 9 firetrucks are out and still not able to put the fire out.
What are you talking about? That's ridiculous. There's nothing counterfeit about third-party apps.
After all, the owner of the company can take any decision for his company. Like the api, these apps depend on whatever changes Twitter takes. And they don't have any decision rights.
They have been selling the service they received from Twitter for years for a fee. And what's more, they were only selling apps before, and then they switched to annual tariffs. So they made a lot of money.
I think Twitter's decision is the right one. The main victims are those who have previously purchased this application and paid annual subscriptions.
If they bought the api right, they have the right to sue. But no application has unplugged the application without going through this process.
I didn't say it was fake. I wrote that it does not provide a different service than Twitter.
Yes they did. They had unique ways for managing twitter feeds, mentions, DMs, etc. This is why power users often preferred 3rd party apps.
Your logic would suggest that Apple should not allow other mail clients on the store since Mail.app can support all mail types.
It's nonsense to see api and mail as the same.
If they had a deal with Twitter. They would have the right to sue, and they would not decide to shut down their practice immediately.
I disagree with their decision to kill the API, especially without warning and leaving so many businesses completely on ice. But unless they had some seriously binding contracts with the third parties, it was their right to kill the API.
My best guess is they want to serve ads in their own app and third parties wouldn't. So instead of charging them for API use (which is totally doable, like Google Maps API does) they decided to axe the whole thing.
A very weird decision and hard to understand, but I'm sure they have their reasons. They still have to maintain the API for their own app, so it's not like developer resources will be freed up much.
I don't use Twitter and I don't hold any of their stock (thank the Gods old and new). I'm just hoping this whole mess pushes people towards starting their own small communities (which is how I make money).
My best guess is they want to serve ads in their own app and third parties wouldn't. So instead of charging them for API use (which is totally doable, like Google Maps API does) they decided to axe the whole thing.
A very weird decision and hard to understand, but I'm sure they have their reasons. They still have to maintain the API for their own app, so it's not like developer resources will be freed up much.
I don't use Twitter and I don't hold any of their stock (thank the Gods old and new). I'm just hoping this whole mess pushes people towards starting their own small communities (which is how I make money).
NOT "This". Tweetbot didn't eliminate ads; they were never returned in the API responses - and it was Twitter's decision not to include them. Secondly, developers of third-party clients were paying Twitter to use the API, so Twitter was getting something.
Seems like a smart move.
Musk can do what he wants. Im sure the insults from all the crybabies here are not going to effect him one bit.
Musk can do what he wants. Im sure the insults from all the crybabies here are not going to effect him one bit.
IMAP and POP3 are API to access mailboxes.
SMTP is an API to send mail.
They may still sue for damages, if their contract allows for it. Unfortunately in the meantime, Twitter has destroyed their ability to operate their products for their users, revoking their agreements without warning under literal cover of night.
I agree with you, they could have let me know.
But maybe this method also creates a marketing. Every technology site is talking about this event right now. It is seen that the people who come out of these applications are discussing it again on twitter. So everyone is back to the Twitter application again.
And you're basing that on what? The comments section on an Apple fan site?
Usage on twitter is up, bot spam is down. I guess sorry some people lost their preferred app, but Twitter is better than it ever was.
Twitter is just like the comments section of any site, including this one. If you're looking at tweets and replies from folks that you have read and respect in the tech space, it all reads a lot like the comment section here.
On the other hand, if you follow a lot of political hacks on twitter, the tweets and replies are going to look like any random comment that you would read on NY Times, Washington Post, Fox News, pick your poison. In other words, it's going to be super toxic. Likewise, if you use twitter to just follow people you find entertaining, such as your favorite musicians, comedians you like, or better yet, just your friends and family, then your experience on Twitter will actually be quite a bit different.
However, if you seek out the trending topics, you'll get what you asked for. They are trending for a reason -- because they are usually controversial.
I just never understand the logic of people that go to twitter, seek out the toxic content, and then complain about how Twitter is toxic. No, you seek it out, and you feed the flames in the process.
I browse Twitter from time to time, and the only times I get pulled into the really toxic threads and get exposed to crazy, insane people is because, if I am being honest with myself, I was in a negative mood and I would seek it out myself. It never just started showing up in my feed on it's own.
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I'd say mission accomplished then. He can fold the company and let other car manufacturers take the reins.
And... With that in mind, they could make a contract.
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A well-written guide has been posted by Appleinsider on How to cancel a subscription to Tweetbot or other Twitter clients.🐣
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How to cancel a subscription to Tweetbot or other Twitter clients | AppleInsider
Twitter has cut off nearly every Twitter client, and most of them are subscription-based apps. The developers are working on dealing with it, but that's going to take time. Here's how to cancel a subscription to Tweetbot or other Twitter clients.
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It's like you just repeated yourself without reading my post that you responded to.
You said they were "counterfeit". They were not.