Twitter, which came with a lot of changes after coming under Elon Musk’s control, last week took a step the developers didn’t like and quietly stopped support for third-party applications with a rule change. Then Tweetbot, Twitterrific Access to popular third-party applications such as
Today he made a statement on the subject on Twitter. The official Twitter developer account, as of February 9, in a post he shared. to the Twitter API access will no longer be free and being paid announced his arrival.
The use of third-party Twitter apps can be paid for
“As of February 9, we will no longer support free access to the Twitter API, both v2 and v1.1. It will be replaced by a paid system”
The Twitter API (Application Programming Interface) allowed third parties to retrieve and analyze Twitter data. This data then has different functions. Separate apps like Pikaso, Thread Reader, RemindMe_OfThis may be made. However, with the current statement, it has emerged that access will no longer be free.
As such, such development was not well received by the developers. After all, many junior developers use API access in many different ways. nice and handy tools and boots could arise. We can also say that this step could have consequences for students and scientists who use the platform to collect information for their research.
Twitter has not shared information about how much the paid system will cost. Third Party Applications Due to Change get paid or stop altogether We must add that there is a possibility.
The move to gain access for a fee comes after Elon Musk’s efforts to increase the company’s revenues and reduce costs. The famous entrepreneur had resorted to many different methods in this regard, such as selling office equipment, subscribing to Blue, and layoffs.