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Twitter quietly updates its developer agreement with a clause banning third-party clients, after claiming the company was enforcing "long-standing API rules" (Karissa Bell/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/twitter-new-developer-terms-ban-third-party-clients-211247096.html
http://www.techmeme.com/230119/p31#a230119p31
@Techmeme Which makes being a third-party developer basically useless. Way to go, Elmo, you useless piece of turd!
@Techmeme Arbitrary capricious decisions with no notice and flimsy justifications a week after the fact are TOTALLY WHERE I want to advertise my brand. 10/10 sales pitch, no notes.
@Techmeme @Quinnypig he does not need to advertise his brands, he has full press coverage, every week for a new trial on his business practices
@ccoignard Sure, but the advertisers he’s failing to court have different marketing strategies.
@Quinnypig only three months ago you had no path to advertise your services to the talibans. Now it’s not only possible but easy and you can directly address verified taliban leaders! Think of the possibilities!!
@Quinnypig @ccoignard walled gardens hmm where have we seen those before.
@Techmeme Now I understand why some are blocked and others are not: "third-party clients such as Tweetbot and Twitterrific can remove ads from a user’s feed."
@dennisfaucher @Techmeme Except that third-party apps *don't* remove ads from feeds.
They show the chronological feed as provided by the API. Which (thankfully) doesn't insert ads. They're just showing the data they're given.
(Although I'd happily change @cawbird to hide ads if they started injecting them! Fuck that shit, it's part of why I use and maintain third-party apps for Twitter!)
@ibboard @dennisfaucher @Techmeme @cawbird Does it actually work like this? Is there some other reason they would choose to enforce this? Greater tracking/cookies to monetize? I’m not sure of the technical reason, but I’d bet it has something to do with money/revenue for Twitter corporate.
@ryanpaaz @dennisfaucher @Techmeme @cawbird Does it work like what?
Do apps use a "fetch tweets" API that *only* fetches the tweets that you want based on following people? Absolutely. Always has done. And it needs to be that for other, non-client use cases.
There's always been branding requirements. And you couldn't use it to create a Frankenstein social network or add external commentary to a tweet. But never a ban on "let people access a timeline".
Almost certainly an ad revenue thing.
The question becomes "Why have a publicly accessible API if third parties cannot use it?"
Also, does this affect other programs/devices with Twitter embedded functionality?
@Techmeme Heber did NOT hold back.
@Techmeme
Fire lots of staff 
Unban right wing accounts
Frighten away the advertisers
Piss off some users
Ban some accounts
Dilute verified account status 
Piss off some more users
Stop 3rd party apps
Piss off more users
Going well, isn’t it?
@Techmeme this just shows how absolutely full of shit current twitter is. Sad times.
This is what happens when you let a clown make cars. Not to mention tweets.
@Techmeme And the authorized Twitter client sucks.
@Techmeme Musk such a babyish liar. Starkly unempathetic and selfishly bold at at he same time. Familiar. And exhausting.
@Techmeme “long standing” clearly means “a policy that’s lasted longer than two CEO bong hits”
If Space Karen does this at Twitter then what’s stopping him from doing crap like that at Tesla?
What makes it worse is that automotive industry is already steering in a very bad direction, with subscriptions and paid DLCs.