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I wish they added ads to the API instead, and required 3rd party clients to display the ads in the similar way as the official one. Other apps weren't used to
by pornel 5y ago
I wish they added ads to the API instead, and required 3rd party clients to display the ads in the similar way as the official one.
Other apps weren't used to (just) bypass the ads. They offered unique interfaces that an official lowest-common-denominator app never will.
Killing of the API also killed a ton of fun projects that played with the data. These API integrations weren't a threat for the official app. They even were an ad for Twitter itself, showing how much happens on Twitter. Twitter tried to keep this aspect alive, but the butchered API and lost developer goodwill killed off the toy projects too.
- LZ_Khan 5y agoHow would they require a third party client to display the ad? That sounds like a nightmare in many directions. Enforcement and proper monetization being the first things that come to mind.
- pornel 5y agoFrom an API perspective it could be "put this code in an <iframe> every X tweets" for basic web-based clients, and/or promoted tweets could be tweets with extra data for tracking. Enforcement can be done with a banhammer — big profitable apps won't risk getting booted over non-compliance, and non-profitable apps are non-profitable and not worth chasing over this.