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Re:Twitterrific Has Been Discontinued by sundaeofshock on Thursday January 19, 2023 @07:59PM (#34447834)
Putting the API behind Twitter blue might not have worked. The paid badge has become a mark of derision amongst a portion of the user base.
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Re:Twitterrific Has Been Discontinued by ascagnel_ on Friday January 20, 2023 @10:14AM (#34454171)
It would go a long way towards making such a service acceptable ("I'm only paying for Blue for Tweetbot!"). The other option would be to charge developers for per-user access to the API, which developers could build into subscription payments (eg: Twitter could have charged Tapbots $2/user/month for access, so Tweetbot would have to charge their users $31+/year on iOS).
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