Twitter formally announced its revamped API levels a month and a half after new CEO Elon Musk promised a major shakeup of the system. In a thread, the the company’s official developer account mentioned three tiers – free, basic and enterprise – and gave some details about their prices and read and write limits. It is also linked to to register Pageswhich provide links to get started with the first two levels and express interest in the third.
The company says older levels will be written off “over the next 30 days.” Here’s a quick summary of the three replacements (which also found on Twitter’s website):
In response to Twitter’s announcement, some developers said they would have to stop their projects or pass the fees on to users. Accounting analysis developer Luca Hammer said to close down are a tool designed to help journalists and academics analyze Twitter accounts. Daniel Nguyenwhose Ktool software sends Twitter threads to read on Kindle, said the changes mean he either has to stop supporting Twitter or raise prices.
Another developer, who asked to remain anonymous, called the free tier “terrible” due to the platform’s limited post cap and apparent inability to read basic information like tweets, likes, and followers.
Other developers, such as the team behind tweet scheduling service Typefully said they can afford the new prices and thus will continue to support the platform. “But this would have completely killed us 1 year ago or when we started,” says co-founder Francesco Di Lorenzo. tweeted.
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