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by VWWHFSfQ 1123 days ago
Yes, this does come as a surprise to me. Which API are they using?
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TBH, if it were me, I'd probably be using something like playwrite/puppeteer against a real instance of Chrome browser. I mean, you won't get the scale/throughput of the Enterprise API, but probably good enough with browser profiles to be able to mostly fool Twitter and do what you need/want.

That said, the free tier is probably good enough if you're relaying posts/information for most legit users, and the $100/month tier probably isn't good enough for businesses centered around deep Twitter API usage. Probably a net positive for society overall.

Aside: I'd rather pay $5-10/month for an ad free experience (there's so many of them now) than the blue checkmark and related features.

I'd assume the private API the phone apps use. Using the public API would rather be announcing "HELLO, I AM A BOT" in 6 foot tall neon letters.