


We don’t yet know what the root cause is, but we’re trying to find out. The " new cruelty" may also be related to these apps providing a default chronological view of tweets now that Musk has mandated algorithmic tweet ordering (considered more monetizable) should be the default. We’re aware that Twitterrific is having problems communicating with Twitter. So this could be a prelude to demanding that third-party clients display ads or work only for Twitter Blue subscribers. Twitterrific 5 is a universal app (meaning you can buy it once and use it on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch) for 2.99 in the App Store. Twitter has not been generating nearly enough revenue to match its expenses – or at least so Musk says since he took over – which has led the SpaceX supremo to cut staff and close offices at the microblogging site, and promote a subscription service called Twitter Blue. However, the pricing on the API’s lower tiers doesn’t leave much room for optimism. It may be that the authentication issues are a consequence of lack of ad visibility or payment in affected clients. 0 Comments Third-party clients that can’t or don’t want to pay those prices will have to make do without timeline streaming and push notifications for likes and retweets. The response we received suggests authentication problems, perhaps a consequence of unannounced changes.Īttempting to sign in to TweetBot for macOS produced a similar error: Re-authorization failedįailed to request token from :: Service unavailable.

The Register attempted to connect to the Twitter API using CURL, as suggested in the developer documentation, using a valid Bearer Token: curl -request GET '' -header 'Authorization: Bearer $TWITTER_BEARER_TOKEN' Twitterrific for macOS, Spring for macOS and iOS, Fenix for iOS, and Aviary 2 for iOS and macOS continue to work, apparently. What a time we live in when such wisdom is shared so freely, not counting the $44 billion Musk spent to acquire Twitter and ensure his ability to share what's on his mind.īut speculation about the death of the Twitter API is premature, based on the fact that some clients on specific platforms continue to function. Twitter clients used to be a UI design playground.
