Re:Twitter delays shutdown of legacy APIs as it launches a r...
by SyneRyder on Friday May 18, 2018 @01:00AM
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The makers of Twitterrific (desktop Mac app) have confirmed the pricing per 3rd-party user and that they likely can't continue:
"It’s looking like it won’t be financially possible for us to afford the new account activity API from twitter."
"Many of you have done the math and seen it would be about $12/user/month for notifications - but don’t forget that in order to do a subscription we’d have to cover Apple’s 30% overhead and make enough for us to pay for food and shelter. So, uh… yeah."
"This isn’t a “wow that’s kind of expensive” situation. This is “deathblow expensive” situation."
"It’s looking like it won’t be financially possible for us to afford the new account activity API from twitter."
"Many of you have done the math and seen it would be about $12/user/month for notifications - but don’t forget that in order to do a subscription we’d have to cover Apple’s 30% overhead and make enough for us to pay for food and shelter. So, uh… yeah."
"This isn’t a “wow that’s kind of expensive” situation. This is “deathblow expensive” situation."
[1] https://twitter.com/BigZaphod/status/996785022886608896
[2] https://twitter.com/BigZaphod/status/996831340740972549