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Re:All API keys for TweetBot are disabled by Twitter, per de... by bruce511 on Monday January 16, 2023 @12:16AM (#34397098)
That wasn't the point of the previous post. Clearly if they did have a contract there would be recourses to take, and yes that won't stop Elon being Elon.

The point was that when you build on top of someone else's platform, [1], then you are beholden to their whims. This is a substantial business risk, which has been happening since forever.

I sympethize with Tweetbot et al, but this day has been inevitable for some time. They are not the first to suffer this fate in tech, and they won't be the last.

[1] I'll add, without paying - ie not being an actual "customer".

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Re:All API keys for TweetBot are disabled by Twitter, per de... by Flockster on Monday January 16, 2023 @12:29AM (#34397161)
The thing is, I can't think of a company, with even a 1/10 the userbase that did not at least announce turning of such a service. These changes impact at the very least the users of Twitter itself. And given the history of Twitter, one can argue that the success was in part due to these third party clients.
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Re:All API keys for TweetBot are disabled by Twitter, per de... by watwut on Monday January 16, 2023 @03:46AM (#34398409)
Afaik they did actually paid some money to twitter.
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Re:All API keys for TweetBot are disabled by Twitter, per de... by wpietri on Monday January 16, 2023 @10:09AM (#34401390)
It opened with "Did the developer have any special agreement or contract", so yes, I think that was the point of the post.

I agree that building on other people's platforms is dangerous, but that's true regardless of the contract you have, because contracts only matter to the extent that you can afford to enforce them.

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