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moses420bush t1_jc0yb33 wrote

Wasn't twitters api free once?

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__nickelbackfan__ t1_jc1jl4v wrote

yup

and lil ol' Musky now wants to charge half a million / year for this pathetic amount of data

web scrappers ftw

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DevAway22314 t1_jc1scwh wrote

It sounds like the goal is to get rid of and/or discredit independent research

No one will pay it, so research will die down. Some woll use scrapers, but then he can just claim they're inaccurate because they aren't "official" results from the API

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Mr_ToDo t1_jc2mzgd wrote

Don't worry, he said those publishing "good" content will be except.

It's a good thing he has that trust and safety council or it would be all up to him what good content is...

It is amusing that he's not denying access to "bad" content publishers, they just have to give him money first. That's just so wonderful of him isn't it ;)

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canastrophee t1_jc2xg90 wrote

He must be pretty hard up for cash at this point, he's getting closer and closer to the Ed Edd and Eddy Jawbreaker pricing strategy.

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cowvin t1_jc5frhf wrote

How much you want to bet that right-wingers will still have access but left-wingers will have to pay?

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skilliard7 t1_jc2e1xo wrote

And it led to a lot of people avoiding the platform altogether via third party apps, circumventing ads.

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