Twitter's Third-Party Ban: Was it a Deliberate Move to Squeeze Out Competitors like Tweetbot?

Twitter’s Third-Party Ban: Was it a Deliberate Move to Squeeze Out Competitors like Tweetbot?

Twitter seems to have made a determined decision to prevent third-party applications from accessing its API. Many of the most popular programmes for scrolling Twitter without using the company’s own software, such as Tweetbot and Twitterrific, have not working since Thursday evening, with no official word from Twitter.