There’s a major update in the world of Twitter as the company has opted to officially ban all third-party clients on the platform.
The news comes after the tech giant chose to get rid of leading app makers such as Tweetbot and Twitterific. But this news is certainly major as no more clients linked to third parties would be entertained.
These reports were first spotted by the likes of Endgadget who says the section dubbed restrictions of the platform entails a staggering 5000-word agreement for respective developers. This was recently updated to include a new clause that’s now sending shockwaves as it was done so silently.
The clause can be seen boldly mentioning how using or grabbing a hold of Licensed Materials to make or attempt to make a substitute or form of a similar product on the Twitter app. At the start of this week, Twitter mentioned how it was setting out important API rules that disallowed clients from gaining access to the app but failed to cite which specific rules were getting violated by such developers. Now, we’ve gotten a hint about the new clause.
As noted by Engadget, clients on the app are an integral part of the platform’s history. For instance, Twitterific came into existence before Twitter’s own native iOS platform came into effect. And now, they’ve got an even bigger following in recent times, thanks to a deficiency in their own ads.
The platform’s own attitude regarding third parties has been permissive and very supportive. And the firm mentioned how it was definitely going one step forward to rid a section away from the developer terms which discouraged developers from repeating the core service. But this definitely appears like it has changed under the leadership of Elon Musk.
This particular decision appears to be very unlikely that it would be taken in any form of goodwill in terms of the app. At a time when the company is facing plenty of its own challenges regarding plenty of other things.
As a recent blog stated, the world is eyeing the firm as one that’s capricious to a severe extent and it’s no longer recognized as being trustworthy with so many people not wanting to work with it in the future. And then we’ve got the likes of advertisers pulling away.
Others are pointing out how there is a complete lack of communication on so many different fronts. Remember, CEO Elon Musk had fired hundreds from the company and that has left the firm with no one to handle the communications department. So if you’re complaining, it’s more or less likely that you’ll get ignored.
Twitter is really under a lot of pressure at the moment to make profits or at least to break even as the firm’s advertisers are running away due to unpredictable changes arising at a fast pace. Did we mention its startling $12 billion debt? Losses continue to arise as we speak and it’s like a never-ending endeavor since CEO Elon Musk bought it toward the end of last year.
Read next: Twitter Reduces The Number Of Recommended Tweets From Users’ Main Feed
The news comes after the tech giant chose to get rid of leading app makers such as Tweetbot and Twitterific. But this news is certainly major as no more clients linked to third parties would be entertained.
These reports were first spotted by the likes of Endgadget who says the section dubbed restrictions of the platform entails a staggering 5000-word agreement for respective developers. This was recently updated to include a new clause that’s now sending shockwaves as it was done so silently.
The clause can be seen boldly mentioning how using or grabbing a hold of Licensed Materials to make or attempt to make a substitute or form of a similar product on the Twitter app. At the start of this week, Twitter mentioned how it was setting out important API rules that disallowed clients from gaining access to the app but failed to cite which specific rules were getting violated by such developers. Now, we’ve gotten a hint about the new clause.
As noted by Engadget, clients on the app are an integral part of the platform’s history. For instance, Twitterific came into existence before Twitter’s own native iOS platform came into effect. And now, they’ve got an even bigger following in recent times, thanks to a deficiency in their own ads.
The platform’s own attitude regarding third parties has been permissive and very supportive. And the firm mentioned how it was definitely going one step forward to rid a section away from the developer terms which discouraged developers from repeating the core service. But this definitely appears like it has changed under the leadership of Elon Musk.
This particular decision appears to be very unlikely that it would be taken in any form of goodwill in terms of the app. At a time when the company is facing plenty of its own challenges regarding plenty of other things.
As a recent blog stated, the world is eyeing the firm as one that’s capricious to a severe extent and it’s no longer recognized as being trustworthy with so many people not wanting to work with it in the future. And then we’ve got the likes of advertisers pulling away.
Others are pointing out how there is a complete lack of communication on so many different fronts. Remember, CEO Elon Musk had fired hundreds from the company and that has left the firm with no one to handle the communications department. So if you’re complaining, it’s more or less likely that you’ll get ignored.
Twitter is really under a lot of pressure at the moment to make profits or at least to break even as the firm’s advertisers are running away due to unpredictable changes arising at a fast pace. Did we mention its startling $12 billion debt? Losses continue to arise as we speak and it’s like a never-ending endeavor since CEO Elon Musk bought it toward the end of last year.
Read next: Twitter Reduces The Number Of Recommended Tweets From Users’ Main Feed
