Twitter cuts support for outdated developer tools

The company said that it has stopped investing in other products to enhance the Twitter-owned apps and websites including two legacy developer tools used by about 1 percent of third-party developers.

In line with its commitment to bringing better services to its users, the micro-blogging site Twitter today announced that it is cutting support for some outdated legacy developer tools. Shutting off legacy APIs will majorly affect apps like Tweetbot, Twitterific, and Talon that heavily relied on it.

We feel the best Twitter experience we can provide today is through our owned and operated Twitter for iOS and Android apps, as well as desktop and mobile twitter.com. We've long believed this — we've focused on delivering the best experience for our apps and sites for years, said a blog post by Rob Johnson, senior director of enterprise solutions at Twitter.

We love that developers build experiences on our APIs to push our service and technology forward. We deeply respect the time, energy, and passion they've put into building amazing things using Twitter

— Rob Johnson (@robjohnson) August 16, 2018

The company said that it has stopped investing in other products to enhance the Twitter-owned apps and websites including two legacy developer tools used by about 1 percent of third-party developers.

"We're still strongly committed to ongoing investment in our developer ecosystem. Our investments are focused on helping developers create fundamentally new and innovative ways to use Twitter. Also, we're continuing to invest in TweetDeck, our desktop web client for professionals who need more advanced tools," the blog post added.

Earlier this year, the social media giant also removed support for Twitter for Apple Watch and Twitter for Mac and also introduced its Progressive Web App (PWA) on Windows 10 to bring users a better, faster and improved experience.