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If I had to guess, I'd say that Twitter went down a list of the most active API keys and deactivated all of the third-party clients they saw -- so some of the l
by duskwuff 4y ago
If I had to guess, I'd say that Twitter went down a list of the most active API keys and deactivated all of the third-party clients they saw -- so some of the less popular clients might have avoided the cut by being less popular. They wouldn't want to disable all API keys, since that would mean losing a lot of automated accounts which drive engagement, like blogs and news agencies.
- swyx 4y agobut doing this with zero prior notice is a big middle finger to all these people who have been compliantly building on these apis and perhaps even paying them for years
- duskwuff 4y agoAbsolutely. No disagreement there. I'm just speculating as to how Twitter could have ended up disabling API keys for most of the popular third-party clients, while leaving some of the more niche clients active.