Twitter officially bans third-party clients in new developer agreement

Twitter issued an replace to its developer agreement on January 19, 2023 that officially banned third-party clients for the social community.

Effective as of as we speak, Twitter’s new developer agreement for using the Twitter API straight bans the creation of third-party clients for the platform. As Engadget factors out, the language beneath is the one substantial change to the large doc.

You won’t or try to (and won’t enable others to)…use or entry the Licensed Materials to create or try to create a substitute or related service or product to the Twitter Applications

This comes every week after Twitter clients unexpectedly shut down throughout Android, iOS, and different platforms with out discover. Twitter and its new proprietor, Elon Musk, have been silent on the problem for a number of days till experiences got here out to point out that the corporate had deliberately minimize off third-party Twitter clients. After that, Twitter lastly confirmed the cutoff, saying that it was “enforcing long-standing API rules” with out clarifying which guidelines have been being damaged. Developers of third-party Twitter clients have been merely knowledgeable that their apps had been “suspended.”

Obviously, this comes as fairly a blow for Twitter customers, as third-party apps have been part of the platform for a very long time. Twitter has but to clarify its reasoning for the change, nevertheless it’s imagined to be associated to ongoing advertiser considerations since Musk’s takeover.

More on Twitter:

• Twitter Blue is now out there on Android for $11/month
• Twitterrific for Mac suspended from Twitter API, like its iPhone and iPad apps following unexplained ban
• Twitter continues to disrespect builders with weak rationalization on third-party clients not working

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