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They, for example, could have added an adsAllowed flag to the API. If you deselect it, you get a 15min delayed feed. Want the recent one? Show the ads. Even an
by mioelnir 10y ago
They, for example, could have added an adsAllowed flag to the API. If you deselect it, you get a 15min delayed feed. Want the recent one? Show the ads. Even an affiliate program for popular clients, sharing ad revenue with them, is not something I would consider totally unreasonable.
But the reality is, unless somebody from Twitter shows up, we will not know which options they investigated, and why the alternatives could not beat the solution they went with.