![]() Twitter's policy risks alienating those users who hate the first-party app. Third-party app users downloaded their software of choice precisely because they're active and want features that the official apps don't offer (such as more powerful media previews and searches). However, the ban doesn't help Twitter's bid to keep users and protect its bottom line. In 2018, Sensor Tower determined that 6 million users had installed alternatives versus 560 million for the official Android and iOS apps. Third-party Twitter clients generally haven't played a major role in recent years. If there is any trademark or copyright violation that does not. The social media giant then quietly updated its developer agreement to formally ban unofficial clients. Is only a guide to help Users in using TweetBot 6. Twitter later acknowledged it was breaking these apps, allegedly to enforce "long-standing" developer rules. Numerous third-party apps suddenly stopped working around the evening of January 12th, with leaks suggesting it was intentional. The shutdowns follow roughly a week of disruption and unclear messaging. The Iconfactory has pulled Twitterrific from the iOS and macOS App Stores, and blasted the Musk-era Twitter as a company it "no longer recognize as trustworthy." Android users, meanwhile, can't count on apps like Matteo Villa's Fenix (it's no longer available on Google Play) or Luke Klinker's Talon (which the creator warns "will cease to work"). This isn't the only major Twitter app developer calling it quits. ![]() While it's limited to an invitation-only test for now, Tapbots hopes to make the software "better than Tweetbot ever could be." Tapbots has shut down work on Tweetbot, one of the more popular iOS apps, as Twitter rendered it non-functional "in a blink of an eye." The developer is instead pivoting to Ivory, an app for the open social platform Mastodon. Tweetbot, Echofon and Twitterrific, three popular third-party Twitter apps, confirmed the issues and noted that they are not sure what has triggered the glitch. Since then, Twitter has had massive layoffs, Twitter Blue relaunched, twice, and Musk’s own poll voted he should step down as Twitter’s CEO.Now that Twitter has confirmed it's banning third-party clients, some of the most prominent alternatives are going away. Since taking over Twitter, Elon Musk has been at the helm of drastic changes that took place at Twitter HQ in the last few months. Not all third-party apps are offline, so there isn’t any clear reason as to why some apps went offline while others continue to work. ![]() We still heard nothing from anyone at Twitter on any level If there’s some long-standing rule that we’ve been unknowingly breaking for the last 10+ years, we’d love to know what it is so that, if possible, we can comply with it.” – Paul Haddad The Verge spoke to Paul Haddad, co-creator of Tweetbot, who reported that he still hasn’t heard back from Twitter about the exact rules that were supposedly broken. Third-party apps with access to Twitter API first went offline last Thursday. What are the rules- Marques Brownlee January 17, 2023 ![]() As per a Tweet by the platform is now enforcing “long-standing API rules” that prompted Twitter to sever these third-party apps’ interface with the API. On Tuesday afternoon, Twitter confirms why users are unable to access Twitter using third-party apps. ![]()
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