Micro-blog Twitter has stopped support for 3rd party apps using the Twitter API such as ‘Tweetbot’.
We’ve removed support for Twitter for Apple Watch & Twitter for Mac, we’ve replaced our previous Twitter for Windows app with our Progressive Web App, & today we’re removing support for some outdated developer tools.
In April 2017, Twitter had announced the Account Activity API to help developers build solutions that enabled businesses to create better engagement experiences. In December last year, it had announced the Enterprise general availability, & a little later, announced the Account Activity API was generally available to all developers through its developer portal.
But now, some developers will no longer have access to the Twitter API.
“….. we’ve chosen to stop supporting some other experiences”, said Twitter on its official blog.
Here’s Twitter’s rationale:
In order to prioritize making these experiences great, we’ve chosen to stop investing in other products — including two legacy developer tools used by about 1% of third-party developers. This means that some Twitter-like apps will not be able to function the exact same way as before. For example, instead of Tweets automatically streaming in like they once did in some third-party apps, you might need to pull to refresh like you do in Twitter-owned apps and sites. Several of the most popular apps have already made updates so that you can continue using them with minimal disruption. We know some of you don’t like this more focused approach. There are good reasons you love the various Twitter apps you have used over the years, and we’re grateful for the developers who build them.
