Re: Twitter officially kills off all third-party client apps

['Harry Bell' via VIPhone]

Spring still works for now on devices where it is already set up. But I just tried repeatedly to sign in on a new iPhone and got the dreaded blocking message… Harry On 21 Jan 2023, at 17:56, maryjo.lord...@gmail.com wrote:  I was replying using Spring today.     From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Cristóbal Muñoz Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 2:02 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Twitter officially kills off all third-party client apps   I’m riding the bus until the wheels fall off. So far, nothing as far as VoiceOver accessibility has broken or at least not that I’ve noticed. Of the main social media platforms, it slowly became one of the more accessible ones out there. Terrible that the accessibility team was let go along with a lot of other people, but the work they did to make Twitter very accessible is still there. Spring for the most part is still working. I’ve noticed that I can’t reply or retweet, but it’s easy enough to access the option to view a particular tweet in the native Twitter app and do whatever I want with that tweet from there. Once Spring’s gone, I guess I’ll have to see how I get along with the actual twitter appt itself. I mean, Mastodon’s “ok,” but it’s like night and day as far as engagement and level of information. Who knows, Musk may very well run twitter into bankruptcy as he’s hinted at already and sell it off to whoever and it’ll end up under new management and structure where we’ll be able to go through this all over again. It’s used by  so many. Not just people, but Governments, organizations and so on, it’s hard to see some other platform supplant or replicate what it does any time soon. There will likely be a Twitter 3.0 or 4.0, but who knows what that’ll look like or who will run it. Might as well just go with the flow for now. Cristóbal   From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Alex Stone Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 10:43 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Twitter officially kills off all third-party client apps   I’m pissed about this. Less than a year ago, I paid good money for Tweetbot, and now I’ve got no money, and no app! Sent from my iPhone   On 20 Jan 2023, at 18:38, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote:  There is a few big differences between Apple and Twitter. Yes, Apple often does things the way they think people should do them, they even have released devices which didn't really exist because they felt that is what people should use, iPhone and iPad are examples of that. However, Apple is a public company and they are held accountable by their shareholders whereas Twitter is now Elon Musk's privately owned company and as such he really can do what he wants. Also Apple has made a clear commitment to accessibility a long time ago now (it started in 2009 with Voiceover being on every product) and I don't think currently Elon Musk has any thoughts for "minor" annoyances like accessibility. Of course I could be wrong and his vision for Twittter might be something nobody really can imagine now and maybe fantastic accessibility is part of it, we'll just have to wait and see. Whether anybody continues to use Twitter as it is now or not is entirely up to them, nobody who happens to disagree with what he is doing has the right to tell people to get off Twitter and delete their accounts. I think most people agree that Mastodon is not yet a replacement for Twitter and once again we'll have to wait and see if it ever will be or if it will fade back into obscurity as a platform for a small number of users.     From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Feliciano Godoy Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 8:11 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Twitter officially kills off all third-party client apps   Twitter is just fine. What’s your source for them firing their accessibility team? Just because Twitter doesn’t allow third-party apps to be utilized doesn’t  mean that it’s a bad company. Many companies do you things how they want. Look at Apple.   Feliciano For tech tips and updates:  LIKE www.facebook.com/theblindman12v Follow www.twitter.com/theblindman12v Follow www.instagram/TheBlindMan12v those who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do. -Steve Jobs  On Jan 19, 2023, at 8:54 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote:  If you haven’t already done it, get the hell off of Twitter! They fired their accessibility team. Now they have officially said no more third-party clients. So if you ever thought Twitter was worth anything, now it’s not. It’s all about Elon and his stupidity. Get out! Twitter officially kills off all third-party client apps AppleInsider  /  n...@appleinsider.com (Amber Neely) <image001.jpg> Twitter has updated its developer agreement to explicitly prohibit third-party app makers from creating their own clients using the company's API. On Thursday, Twitter updated its developer's agreement with a clause prohibiting app developers from making their own Twitter clients. The change comes a few days after developers began reporting their apps no longer worked. The "restrictions" section of Twitter's development agreement has been expanded to help "enforce its long-standing API rules," according to the company's development Twitter account. It noted that, as a result, some apps might not work. Twitter is enforcing its long-standing API rules. That may result in some apps not working. — Twitter Dev (@TwitterDev) January 17, 2023 However, as Engadget points out, it does not align with the company's history. Third-party apps have been central to Twitter use for most of the social media platform's history. Twitterific, for example, has been a crucial part of Twitter's history since the beginning. Twitterific had a native iOS app before Twitter did and is credited with coining the word "tweet." As a result of the API restriction, developers have begun pulling their apps out of the App Store. Today marks the end of an era. Sadly, we've been forced to pull Twitterrific from both the iOS and Mac App Stores. Twitter's unexplained revocation of our API access has left the app with no path forward. Please read our blog for more information https://t.co/UZSdmqZtMD — Twitterrific (@Twitterrific) January 19, 2023 Restricting API access is another incident in a string of current controversies purportedly caused by Elon Musk acquiring the company in October 2022. This particular move is probably focused on preserving advertising revenue for the company, as third-party clients often filtered out sponsored posts and similar media. In December, Twitter began blocking user links to other social platforms. That was rolled back after user protest, and it's not clear when or if that will begin again. 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