I was never on Twitter to begin with. I am not a bird and I don’t tweet. I won’t get on Twitter at any time in the future because it is probably not accessible anymore.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 19, 2023, at 10:53 PM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If you haven’t already done it, get the hell off of Twitter! They fired their > accessibility team. Now they have officially said no more third-party > clients. So if you ever thought Twitter was worth anything, now it’s not. > It’s all about Elon and his stupidity. Get out! > Twitter officially kills off all third-party client apps > AppleInsider / [email protected] (Amber Neely) > > > Twitter has updated its developer agreement to explicitly prohibit > third-party app makers from creating their own clients using the company's > API. > > On Thursday, Twitter updated its developer's agreement with a clause > prohibiting app developers from making their own Twitter clients. > > The change comes a few days after developers began reporting their apps no > longer worked. > > The "restrictions" section of Twitter's development agreement has been > expanded to help "enforce its long-standing API rules," according to the > company's development Twitter account. It noted that, as a result, some apps > might not work. > > Twitter is enforcing its long-standing API rules. That may result in some > apps not working. > > — Twitter Dev (@TwitterDev) January 17, 2023 > However, as Engadget points out, it does not align with the company's > history. Third-party apps have been central to Twitter use for most of the > social media platform's history. > > Twitterific, for example, has been a crucial part of Twitter's history since > the beginning. Twitterific had a native iOS app before Twitter did and is > credited with coining the word "tweet." > > As a result of the API restriction, developers have begun pulling their apps > out of the App Store. > > Today marks the end of an era. Sadly, we've been forced to pull Twitterrific > from both the iOS and Mac App Stores. > > Twitter's unexplained revocation of our API access has left the app with no > path forward. Please read our blog for more information > https://t.co/UZSdmqZtMD > > — Twitterrific (@Twitterrific) January 19, 2023 > Restricting API access is another incident in a string of current > controversies purportedly caused by Elon Musk acquiring the company in > October 2022. This particular move is probably focused on preserving > advertising revenue for the company, as third-party clients often filtered > out sponsored posts and similar media. > > In December, Twitter began blocking user links to other social platforms. > That was rolled back after user protest, and it's not clear when or if that > will begin again. > > > > Original Article: > https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/01/19/twitter-officially-kills-off-all-third-party-client-apps?utm_medium=rss > > > Sent from my iPhone > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/0EDA265B-CBF9-499A-834A-87F32E10DE0D%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/6E9A436E-613F-4467-B5BB-E674F689A553%40gmail.com.
