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Twitter confirmed it intentionally blocked access for third-party apps like Tweetbot, Twitterrific


Twitter access stopped working for third-party apps using the popular microblogging site’s API last week. Users cannot access their accounts on third-party Twitter apps such as Tweetbot and Twitterrific. In the wake of developers claiming that the Elon Musk-owned platform intentionally blocked their apps, Twitter has now released a statement revealing that it has intentionally revoked access to the apps. third-party applications. In a brief tweet, the official TwitterDev account (@TwitterDev) said Tuesday that the site is enforcing its “old API rules”.

The tweet added that the migration may result in some apps not working. However, the Twitter Dev account did not explain in detail what its age-old API rules are or why the site is choosing to enforce them now.

However, the tweet confirmed what third-party developers had suspected — apps like Tweetbot and Twitterrific didn’t lose access to Twitter due to a bug, but were instead intentionally blocked by the microblogging site. use its API. An API is a software interface that allows communication between two or more programs. All of Twitter Third-party clients use the Twitter API to access the service.

Twitter’s confirmation comes after Tweetbot developers criticized the platform’s silence over blocked access. Tweetbot co-creator Paul Haddad said in a Mastodon parcel that he has not received any communication, official or unofficial, from anyone on Twitter. The original Tweetbot lost access, along with Twitterrific and Twitterrific previously resuming briefly on Sunday when developers swapped its API keys, only to be blocked.

Haddad, in a Mastodon parcel also responded to Twitter’s vague confirmation, saying, “I want to publicly apologize to Twitter for violating its longstanding API rules. ___.”

According to a report Earlier this week, Twitter’s internal Slack communication mentioned that the site had intentionally revoked third-party access. As mentioned earlier, Twitter has yet to provide clarity on which rules have been broken by popular third-party apps.


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