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Re:Favstar will shut down as a result of Twitter’s API chang... by joelrunyon on Monday May 14, 2018 @04:36PM (#17069222)
So tweetbot is dead then?

Why can't twitter make a decent app on it's own? This shouldn't be complicated...

Re:Favstar will shut down as a result of Twitter’s API chang... by wmeredith on Monday May 14, 2018 @05:12PM (#17069509)
*its

They don't want to make a decent app. They've bought great apps and shuttered them. They want you to use the web client.

Re:Favstar will shut down as a result of Twitter’s API chang... by jwilliams on Monday May 14, 2018 @06:58PM (#17070176)
> They want you to use the web client.

I use the web app version exclusively -- based on that I don't agree.

Both the Twitter and Facebook Android/iOS web applications constantly push you to download the native client. They even get demanding sometimes. They want to be able to send you push notifications.

Re:Favstar will shut down as a result of Twitter’s API chang... by menacingly on Monday May 14, 2018 @06:38PM (#17070059)
It's become slightly boorish to correct grammar and spelling. It signals pedantry, and sets a tedious tone for the rest of your comment.
Re:Favstar will shut down as a result of Twitter’s API chang... by ihuman on Monday May 14, 2018 @04:39PM (#17069243)
They're not dead, they just can't offer push notifications, or automatically update your timeline when there's a new tweet. Nothing else in Tweetbot will have to change.
Re:Favstar will shut down as a result of Twitter’s API chang... by joelrunyon on Monday May 14, 2018 @04:44PM (#17069284)
So that kills a lot of the point of the app?
Re:Favstar will shut down as a result of Twitter’s API chang... by ihuman on Monday May 14, 2018 @05:36PM (#17069664)
It doesn't. There's no replacement for push notifications besides using the official app, but you can still manually refresh the timeline (via pull-to-refresh).
Re:Favstar will shut down as a result of Twitter’s API chang... by MBCook on Monday May 14, 2018 @05:02PM (#17069423)
I don’t think so. Even with those limitations I’ll be way happier using it than the official one or a web page.