Twitter has always had a thriving ecosystem of third-party clients. They’re great when you’re looking for extra features, fewer algorithmic suggestions, and a different design. The company has long worked on reducing the utility of third-party clients, though, down to restricting how many people can use a given third-party client. Right now, none of them seem to work, though. It looks like Twitter has turned off its third-party API, whether on purpose or not, leaving those who rely on third-party apps in the dark.

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Logging in to Talon for Twitter is currently not possible

The issue has been ongoing since about 10:30 pm ET on Thursday, January 12, and it’s not clear if there is a resolution anywhere in sight. Multiple users and many third-party app developers have taken to Twitter to report the problem. Tweetbot’s Paul Haddad talked to TechCrunch, explaining to the publication that since last night, all API requests from his app are failing. Since Haddad doesn't have a direct line of communication with Twitter anymore, it's unclear what exactly is going on.

The issues seem to affect different clients in different ways. Talon for Twitter is currently down, too. However, Fenix for Android is currently suspended as per its developer, though the iOS app is supposedly fine. Hapry for Twitter, a relatively new client, seems to be unaffected altogether, as one of its users reported to us in the comments. TechCrunch found out that many other apps are also marked as suspended on the Twitter Developers forum.

So far, Twitter hasn’t commented on the issue publicly. It’s possible that this is a mistake, and something went wrong during an update to the API, which is certainly an option given how many key long-term employees were let go by the company since Elon Musk’s takeover. It also wouldn’t be surprising if this is an intentional change. Twitter currently faces financial difficulties, with the company partially refusing to pay its offices’ rents, resulting in employees standing in front of closed doors. Since third-party clients don't display ads, this might be a move to generate more revenue via the official client.

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