They Made It Big on Twitter a Decade Ago. Now They’re Fighting It.
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The sudden death and rebirth of Tweetbot
When Twitter shut off API access, third-party apps were left high and dry. One app chose to pivot to become a Mastodon app.
Tweetbot and Twitterrific updated with option to opt-out of subscription refund
When Twitter shut down third-party clients in January, it not only left out in the cold the users of those apps, but the developers too. Many of those apps were significant sources of revenue for t…
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The third-party apps Twitter just killed made the site what it is today
The company has lost a major source of inspiration.
Third-party Twitter app makers turn their attention to Mastodon
Of course, all these third-party apps will still have to compete with Mastodon's own app, which has been seeing its own improvements.