It seems to me that a lot of people weighing in on this situation (mainly elsewhere, not on HN) are not even developers, let alone Twitter developers. As such,

It seems to me that a lot of people weighing in on this situation (mainly elsewhere, not on HN) are not even developers, let alone Twitter developers. As such, they don't really have any valid contribution to the discussion and only serve to create incendiary comments and stir up controversy. From the consumer's perspective, sure, this looks like a raw deal. Twitter wants to shut down my favorite client. Those assholes! But the reality of the situation is they simply want to control the client experience so they can insert ads. Of course, this all breaks down as soon as one client lets you put in your own application keys...