Twitter’s decided they’ve got the gold standard in applications, and are essentially telling aspiring devs to eff off: “Developers ask us if they should build client apps that mimic or reproduce the mainstreamTwitter consumer client experience. The answer is no.”
Well! That’s awfully pompous. We can think of plenty of problems with both the official Twitter desktop and iOS clients – so let’s hope the arrogant company doesn’t wield its API terms to block (needed) competition). [TNW]
Lauren
Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 6:01 PMThis is probably going to be a key topic in the “beginning of the end” chapter in a book about Twitter someday. Limit how that many people use a communication tool and they’ll just find/build another one.
Sam
Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 9:57 PMIf Twitter blocked more apps via their API, it would be the beginning of the end. That is one of the things that has helped make Twitter such a big deal.
Nathan Millson
Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 6:43 AMDesign nowhere in the latest release…