This is just my own vague experience, but I don't think this specific to Twitter, nor does it really have to do with pricing people out.
I think that public APIs in general are a thing of the past, mostly because of bad actors, security problems and scale. Look at things like Clearview AI, just slurping up every photo they can get their hands on. All it takes is one or two abusers and then everyone has to be limited.
The simple instagram API that I used to just get my own most recent post 3-4 times per day, now requires me to submit an application, with multiple size app icons, justification for my use, privacy policy, ToS, etc. All to I can fetch my most recent post from my own profile.
It's just ridiculous how every large website is clamping down on their APIs, but with abuse left and right, they don't really have many options.
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This is just my own vague experience, but I don't think this specific to Twitter, nor does it really have to do with pricing people out.
I think that public APIs in general are a thing of the past, mostly because of bad actors, security problems and scale. Look at things like Clearview AI, just slurping up every photo they can get their hands on. All it takes is one or two abusers and then everyone has to be limited.
The simple instagram API that I used to just get my own most recent post 3-4 times per day, now requires me to submit an application, with multiple size app icons, justification for my use, privacy policy, ToS, etc. All to I can fetch my most recent post from my own profile.
It's just ridiculous how every large website is clamping down on their APIs, but with abuse left and right, they don't really have many options.