Twitter to ditch free API access: developers react

John Leonard
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Twitter to ditch free API access: developers react
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Twitter to ditch free API access: developers react

Musk's motives questioned as Twitter suddenly announces access must be paid for

Twitter is removing free tier access to its API, which will kill off thousands of small apps and could affect research activities. On Thursday, the company announced without warning that from 9t...

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