I honestly think removing API access was done to prevent researchers from getting accurate data out of Twitter, making Twitter themselves the only source of inf

I honestly think removing API access was done to prevent researchers from getting accurate data out of Twitter, making Twitter themselves the only source of information around platform usage. Spam has obviously not been reduced in any way by the API changes. I think they already had an easy time tracking API account misuse and knew it wouldn't reduce spam in any meaningful way. Maybe a bit of a conspiracy theory. Also possible Mr Musk just decided API access = spam and shut it down on a whim. Definitely not easy having a boss who makes snap decisions like that and doesn't tolerate any pushback or dissent.