Twitter Bans Third-Party Apps with New Developer Rules

In a surprise move, Twitter announced new developer rules on Thursday night that effectively bans all third-party apps. This means that popular apps such as TweetBot, Twitteriffic, and others are now dead. The new rules were added without any communication to developers. According to the official announcement from Twitter, the changes are designed to protect users’ privacy and security. The company stated that it will no longer allow third-party apps to access its API (application programming interface). This means that developers can no longer use the API to create or modify existing applications for use on the platform. The news has been met with disappointment from many developers who have spent years building their products around the platform’s API. Some have expressed concern about how this could affect user experience and engagement on the platform going forward. Others worry about how this could impact businesses who rely on these apps for their operations. Twitter has long been known for its open ecosystem of third-party applications which allowed users to customize their experience in ways not possible through the official app or website. These applications also enabled users to access features not available through other social media platforms such as scheduling tweets, managing multiple accounts, and more advanced analytics tools. With these restrictions in place, it is unclear what kind of features will be available in future versions of the official app or website going forward. Twitter has yet to comment further on why they decided to make this change at this time but it is likely related to recent changes made by Apple and Google which limit access by third-party apps to certain data points such as location information and contact lists for security reasons. It is also possible that Twitter is trying to discourage malicious actors from using its platform by limiting access by third-party applications which may be vulnerable targets for hackers or other malicious actors looking for an easy way into user accounts or data sets stored within them. It remains unclear what impact these changes will have on user experience going forward but one thing is certain – there will be a lot fewer options when it comes time for users wanting custom experiences tailored specifically towards them when using Twitter moving forward.