Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-05-06 15:59:30 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 56E82CAC9970D44C9CE5BE217730FC7ABD999689732B8D9C6C77475C7F305514
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Original Note:
The Twitter API has been in-place since 2006 [1]. The Twitter API is mostly used by hobbyists and researchers, who don't profit from their use [2]. This tweet is phrased in such a way that the pricing out of these hobbyists seems like a new product or feature. [1] https://blog.twitter.com/engineering/en_us/topics/infrastructure/2020/rebuild_twitter_public_api_2020#:~:text=Our%20first%20launch%20of%20a,was%20in%202006 [2] https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/2/23582615/twitter-removing-free-api-developer-apps-price-announcement
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