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Re:Jack Dorsey says it’s time to rethink the fundamental dyn... by EricE on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @08:12PM (#19678510)
I'm always surprised by these threads expressing frustration at the timelines being re-arranged - then I remember I use a 3rd party client (Tweetbot) and that's why my timeline is not molested and spam-filled.

If they ever fully disable 3rd party clients that will be the day I cancel my account. I thought forced ads as you started a DVD were obnoxious...

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Re:Jack Dorsey says it’s time to rethink the fundamental dyn... by philpem on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @04:32AM (#19680769)
They're certainly going that way. Group DMs don't work with the API (in that there's not even a "hey log onto the website your client doesn't support this" notification). A ton of features have been removed from or gimped in the API, to the point where many of the third-party devs have given up.

"Fully disable" - probably not. But they'll certainly make it nearly impossible to produce something "like the Twitter app but better".

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