{"id":107267,"date":"2018-08-24T17:27:19","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T17:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=107267"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:08:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:08:05","slug":"twitter-cuts-itself-off-from-third-party-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/twitter-cuts-itself-off-from-third-party-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter cuts itself off from third-party apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter announced via <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.twitter.com\/official\/en_us\/topics\/product\/2018\/investing-in-the-best-twitter-experience-for-you.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blog post<\/a>\u00a0that they are cutting their support from third-party tweeting apps. 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We deeply respect the time, energy, and passion they\u2019ve put into building amazing things using Twitter.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Developers of non-native Twitter apps have been universally critical of Twitter&#8217;s decision. 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