• Third-party clients use the Twitter API to access the services.
• A senior Twitter programmer told The Information that the “third-party app suspensions are intentional”.
• Users were unable to log in to their accounts or see their Twitter feeds for several hours.

Third-party Twitter clients had a brief outage, and it is now suspected that Twitter did so on purpose. Users of third-party services that rely on the Twitter API began experiencing problems with the services on Thursday, with the outage continuing into the weekend.

Third-party clients use the Twitter API to access the services. These are apps created by third-party developers on the Twitter platform. When you connect these apps to your Twitter account, the app gains access to your Twitter account.

According to The Information, a senior Twitter programmer stated last week that the “third-party app suspensions are intentional.” Another letter in the company’s internal communications reveals that Twitter is developing “approved talking points” for partners.

According to the article, Twitter employees are debating when the business will make its decision.

According to a source, Twitter may be restricting third-party app access because these apps do not generate ad revenue for the company, which is one of Musk’s top priorities.

There are other allegations that the outage affected only a subset of apps. These are mostly apps that provide a straight substitute for Twitter. Other clients that do not provide the full Twitter experience are unaffected.

Elon Musk, who is known for being outspoken, has not responded to these accusations. Because Twitter lacks a public relations team, developers have no answers to inquiries such as why the services have abruptly ceased operating and when they may expect a fix.

Third-party clients such as Twitterific and Tweetbot experienced service outages as early as Thursday night. Users seemed to have problems logging in to their accounts and seeing their Twitter feeds.

“We’re aware that Twitterrific is having problems communicating with Twitter. We don’t yet know what the root cause is, but we’re trying to find out. Please stay tuned and apologies,” Twitterific wrote on Twitter.

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