Twitter, a platform for microblogging, announced on Thursday that starting on February 9, it will no longer provide free access to its API and instead introduce a premium version. In a series of tweets, the Twitter Developer account declared that the business would stop providing support for both the original v1.1 and the updated v2 of its Twitter APIs.
“We will stop supporting free access to the Twitter API, both versions 2 and 1.1, as of February 9. Instead, a paid basic tier would be made available, said the Twitter Developer account.
With billions more Tweets being sent every week, it said, “Over the years, hundreds of millions of people have sent over a trillion Tweets.”
The microblogging service added that Twitter statistics are among the most potent data sets in the world in its conclusion. For you to continue to build with us, we’re devoted to providing quick & thorough access. Next week, further information about what to anticipate will be available.
A user responded to the information tweeted by Twitter with, “Charging devs for creating features for your own product? It’s funny, but you should pay them.
Another customer said, “Your API hasn’t updated in almost 3 months after the takeover, and now you’ve suspended a legitimate third-party app, so we can’t use it for free anymore? Even the latest, free Facebook and YouTube APIs are available.
Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, is now developing a payment system that will support recognised currencies and incorporate crypto capability.
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