Personally, I think I'd find pricing tiers as a relief. It might be a hard pill to swallow at first, but in the long run it aligns third party API developers and Twitter's interests. Twitter would have a reason to provide quality support to developers, and in turn developers would have a stronger sense of security in developing using the Twitter API, since they're paying for it.
Pricing is hard to get right. But they have years of data, a billion dollars, and 140 employees. I think they have the resources to give it a good first estimate.
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Personally, I think I'd find pricing tiers as a relief. It might be a hard pill to swallow at first, but in the long run it aligns third party API developers and Twitter's interests. Twitter would have a reason to provide quality support to developers, and in turn developers would have a stronger sense of security in developing using the Twitter API, since they're paying for it.
Pricing is hard to get right. But they have years of data, a billion dollars, and 140 employees. I think they have the resources to give it a good first estimate.