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I can't imagine these will last long now that they've been posted in a comment on a front page HN story.

• gberger 8y ago
  These are hardcoded in the apps. If they disable a key, they would need to release a new version of the app (ok), and all users would need to update (infeasible).
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  • mrits 8y ago
    Wouldn't they just enforce the limit with those keys as well?
    • metildaa 8y ago
      Sounds like a solid reason to not build around a platform that can arbitrarily kill your project or business. ActivityPub seems to be gaining traction, w/o the beholden to a single entity issue.
      • jjeaff 8y ago
        A platform that can arbitrarily take down your business like a mobile app on iPhone or Android?
    • Nextgrid 8y ago
      They explicitly want to cripple third-party apps to push users to use their (awful) official clients, and their way of doing so is to enforce unreasonably low limits. If they were to do the same with their official clients they'd become unusable.
• ihuman 8y ago
  The Twitter for Android key and secret is at least 8 years old https://twitter.com/kevinriggle/status/23932444186 https://twitter.com/kevinriggle/status/23932444186
• nspkr 8y ago
  I've been using them for years now.