Twitter tightens its stranglehold on apps with new restrictions


NO MORE: Twitter announced new restrictions that sternly discouraged independent software developers from creating Twitter apps. — Reuters

SAN FRANCISCO: In a move to regulate how users access its microblogging service, Twitter announced new restrictions that sternly discouraged independent software developers from creating Twitter apps.

While the move is not expected to immediately affect how current Twitter users across the world access the service, the new rules will likely nudge new users toward Twitter's own apps while slowly ushering the demise of popular third-party clients like Tweetbot.

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