A forthcoming update to Twitter's API will require endpoint authentication in order to limit access from third party clients, according to a new post on its developers blog.
If you've been using a client like Tweetbot or Echofon, you could find the service choked as early as this winter: version 1.1 of Twitter's API will limit how frequently such apps can pull data, as well as limiting their access to new users (potentially forestalling future development).
The fact is, Twitter hates these apps for the same reason you probably love them: they let you access Twitter's content without making you visit the site and look at its ads.
The new policy, which will require apps to use OAuth and implement "per-endpoint rate limiting," will serve to curb scraping and spam-bots, but Twitter's blog post makes it clear the main purpose here is to make you access the "mainstream Twitter consumer client experience" through Twitter alone.
Twitter apparently does not intend to limit other types of apps; aggregators and analytics tools should be safe for now, along with business CRM clients.
Twitter's post says the update will be rolled out "in the coming weeks." Would you use Twitter less if they forced you to do it on their terms? Sound off in the comments.
Jon Fox is a Seattle hipster who loves polar bears and climbing trees. You can follow him on Twitter and IGN.
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