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Re:Twitterrific Has Been Discontinued by schnebbau on Thursday January 19, 2023 @04:55PM (#34446196)
They aren't some poor dev struggling to eat and pay bills, they've been one of the most popular third party Twitter apps for 15 years. They are not down.
Re:Twitterrific Has Been Discontinued by ceejayoz on Thursday January 19, 2023 @04:59PM (#34446253)
They'll be down if everyone asks for a refund and they wind up losing years worth of revenue.
Re:Twitterrific Has Been Discontinued by jdminhbg on Thursday January 19, 2023 @05:25PM (#34446544)
If everyone asks for a refund, won't they wind up losing some fraction of one year's worth of revenue?
Re:Twitterrific Has Been Discontinued by schnebbau on Thursday January 19, 2023 @05:11PM (#34446389)
They'll be slightly less rich, but still considerably more rich than most of us.
Re:Twitterrific Has Been Discontinued by aaronbrethorst on Thursday January 19, 2023 @05:43PM (#34446711)
You seem to know a lot about the economics of being an indie app developer and consulting firm. You should share more about how much cash they must be rolling in.
Re:Twitterrific Has Been Discontinued by kelnos on Thursday January 19, 2023 @05:58PM (#34446822)
Too bad? The idea that we should treat companies that stop longer providing a product as charities deserving of free money is a bit silly.

Twitterific built their business on something that we often acknowledge here as being very shaky: the whim of a third-party platform. If the company hasn't considered and prepared for the scenario where that third-party platform completely cuts off your access, that's irresponsible as a business owner.