Twitter and its stab at developers: it will charge them to access its API
Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2025 9:17 am
Free services that rely on Twitter to provide functionality to their users are in danger of becoming extinct like the dinosaurs. Starting next February 9, the social network with the little bird will charge developers for access to its API. Until now, developers had free access to the Twitter API and only had to pay for it if they wanted to implement a deeper integration of the interface of the social network led by Elon Musk in their products.
Twitter hasn't yet revealed how much it will india phone number data charge developers to access its API , but has promised to provide more information on that in the next week.
Based on the Twitter API, a large number of third-party applications have emerged in recent years that generate "screenshots" of tweets published on the social network, making message chains easier to read and storing tweets for posterity that are later deleted by their authors.
In mid-January, Twitter already "unplugged" several third-party apps from its systems
If Twitter were to charge these apps from now on, they could be forced to abandon free services and charge their users as well. However, their business model would be jeopardized by the reluctance of Internet users to pay for such services.
Elon Musk formalised the purchase of Twitter at the end of October last year, creating a debt of several billion dollars that the social network must now pay off. The change in management of the social network also caused advertisers to flee, who were worried about Twitter's new and lax content moderation policy.
The social network is trying to fill its increasingly meager coffers with paid subscription services and even by auctioning off surplus furniture at Twitter's San Francisco offices.
Twitter hasn't yet revealed how much it will india phone number data charge developers to access its API , but has promised to provide more information on that in the next week.
Based on the Twitter API, a large number of third-party applications have emerged in recent years that generate "screenshots" of tweets published on the social network, making message chains easier to read and storing tweets for posterity that are later deleted by their authors.
In mid-January, Twitter already "unplugged" several third-party apps from its systems
If Twitter were to charge these apps from now on, they could be forced to abandon free services and charge their users as well. However, their business model would be jeopardized by the reluctance of Internet users to pay for such services.
Elon Musk formalised the purchase of Twitter at the end of October last year, creating a debt of several billion dollars that the social network must now pay off. The change in management of the social network also caused advertisers to flee, who were worried about Twitter's new and lax content moderation policy.
The social network is trying to fill its increasingly meager coffers with paid subscription services and even by auctioning off surplus furniture at Twitter's San Francisco offices.