Twitter will discontinue providing free entry to the Twitter API beginning February 9 and can launch a paid model, the Elon Musk-owned microblogging web site mentioned because it appears for extra avenues to monetize the platform.
In a collection of tweets, Twitter Developer account mentioned the agency shall be ending assist for each v1.1 and v2 of its Twitter API. The transfer follows Twitter abruptly modified the phrases of its API in current weeks that was utilized by many common Twitter purchasers equivalent to Tweetbot and Twitterrific. Most third-party Twitter apps have shut down their cell apps.
“Twitter information are among the many world’s strongest information units. We’re dedicated to enabling quick & complete entry so you possibly can proceed to construct with us,” Twitter Dev account mentioned Thursday.
Scores of builders use Twitter’s API to work together with the social community. The corporate has had an odd relationship with builders since inception. However the relationship largely labored as a result of third-party corporations had been typically those transport new merchandise and options for Twitter and Twitter didn’t try to monetize the API.
Underneath Musk’s helm, Twitter is scrambling to regulate how customers across the globe entry the platform because it broadens its makes an attempt to monetize the service.
“Through the years, tons of of thousands and thousands of individuals have despatched over a trillion Tweets, with billions extra each week,” Twitter Dev account mentioned.
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