Twitter has quietly updated its developer terms to ban all third-party clients on the platform. The company’s 5,000-word developer agreement was reportedly updated with a provision that prohibits “using or accessing the Licensed Materials to create or attempt to create a replacement or similar service or product for the Twitter Applications.” Even before the terms were updated, third-party apps like Tweetbot and Twitterific on Android and iOS were shut down by the company last week. At the time, the company’s API status page reflected no change, and Twitter only issued a statement earlier this week when it claimed it was “enforcing long-standing API rules.”
the updated Developer conditions were first sighted by Engadget. The terms, updated Thursday, clarify in the “Restrictions” section that developers are no longer permitted to use Twitter’s API or content to “create or deliver a replacement or similar service or product.” try to create Twitter Applications.” According to the report, this is the only noteworthy addition to the 5,000-word agreement.
The term “Twitter Applications” refers to the Company’s “consumer-facing products, services, applications, websites, webpages, platforms and other offerings, including but not limited to those offered through Twitter.” https://twitter.com and Twitter’s mobile applications.” As verified about Wayback Machine archiving service added the clause prohibiting alternative apps to the rules with the last update.
Before this change it was reported last week that several third-party apps such as Tweetbot and Twitterific on iOS and Fenix on Android were unable to access Twitter services. At this time, no changes have been reported on Twitter’s API status page and no issues with the service have been identified.
Twitter specified Earlier this week it said it “enforces long-standing API rules” by denying clients access to its platform, but didn’t specify which rules were violated.
This new move from Elon Musk’s Twitter is not viewed positively. Twitterrific’s Sean Heber described Twitter as “increasingly moody” and a company he “no longer recognizes”.[d] as trustworthy and no longer want to work together” in a blog entry. in a (n interview Speaking to Engadget, Fenix developer Matteo Villa said “It’s not totally unexpected,” but called the lack of communication “insulting.” Musk slashed the company’s communications department as part of company-wide layoffs last November.
Twitter’s stance on third-party clients has long been permissive. The company previously removed a section from its developer terms that prevented developers from replicating its core service.
However, third-party apps on Twitter do not support sponsored posts or advertising like the official apps, so the company does not benefit from users of these apps. Since taking office as CEO of Twitter last year, Elon Musk has been working to grow the company’s revenue. The company, which has debts of US$12.5 billion (Rs. 1,01,500 crore) has US$300 million (around Rs It lost billions of dollars (about 32,500 rupees) in value at the end of October 2022.
