Twitter to provide free write-only API to bots providing 'good' content: Elon Musk
Last week, Twitter announced that it will stop offering free access to its API from February 9 and instead launch a paid version.
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Last week, Twitter announced that it will stop offering free access to its API from February 9 and instead launch a paid version.
Twitter has announced that its application programming interface would go behind a paywall from next week. The move could potentially affect a host of services - including popular bots that make automated posts on the platform.
In her 'This Week on the Internet' column for the web_crawlr newsletter, Tiffany looks at how Twitter is removing free API access.
Elon Musk said free API was being "abused badly," and suggested a $100 fee, along with ID verification, would improve the situation.
The apps' developers say the social media company hasn't yet responded to their concerns.