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by Yabood 1230 days ago
We have a business that relies on the Twitter API. I don’t mind paying to access the API, but the way they’re handling this makes me want to deprecate support for Twitter entirely. I am only learning about this change from this thread. Even worse, we only have 7 days to react.
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ajmurmann 1229 days ago
This! The most striking thing about many of Musk's changes at Twitter isn't the idea behind the change but the appallingly bad execution. Things get rolled out practically over night with no explanation or warning. Same with the unannounced policy changes a few weeks ago. It's as if he'd not only never run a company, but never even worked at one. It feels like the intern is running the ship.

Edit: typo "bag" => "bad"

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callalex 1228 days ago
And yet people want me to trust his software to drive a vehicle!
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jdthedisciple 1229 days ago
Serious question though: If you're a business, is it really a huge deal to part with, idk, maybe $10-$20 a month for the API (idk what it will cost)?

Talking in pure financial terms.

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Khoth 1229 days ago
> idk what it will cost

That's the problem GP means. It's less than a week until it happens, and nobody knows how much it's going to cost, how you convert your free account to a paying account, whether auth is also going to be paid, etc etc

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noahtallen 1229 days ago
It’s actually much more expensive. See https://developer.twitter.com/en/pricing/search-30day

Up to 500 requests PER MONTH: $149.00 Up to 1000: $289.00 Up to 2,500: $699.00 Up to 5,000: $1,299.00 Up to 10,000: $2,499.00

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dwild 1229 days ago
Is this actually confirmed as it doesn't even make sense.

That page mention a free tier of up to 250 requests, it only mentions search, and even though we can't see the content easily, Web Archive is saying that page has been there for the past 5 years... so is that really the future price? Or is it for a Search API that has been priced like that for a long time?

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zimpenfish 1229 days ago
That's not the general API - that's the 30 day search API.
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anigbrowl 1229 days ago
No, even I would consider those sums although I'd prefer not to. Musk's been spitballing '$100/month + your ID' - don't have the link handy but you can just scroll his feed as he treats it like a brain dump.

I'm not that anonymous but I can't say I like the idea of having to provide a copy of my legal identification just to make an API call. Especially considering Twitter's less-than-perfect record on securing PII. What if your published research shows something unfavorable to Twitter (eg a long-term decline in engagement across the platform0 and you start receiving hate mail at your home address?

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