Re: Any working twitter client?

[Björn Bidar]

Yuchen Pei <id@ypei.org> writes:

> On 9 November 2024 08:33:50 GMT+11:00, "Björn Bidar" <bjorn.bidar@thaodan.de> 
> wrote:
>>Yuchen Pei <id@ypei.org> writes:
>>
>>> Are there any currently working x/twitter client in emacs?
>>
>>No exist but they also would be against Twitter/X TOS.
>
> Huh? Twitter clients exist on other platforms, such as nitter on the web and 
> squawker on android. There are also libraries using twitter api such as 
> tweepy.

These scrape the Twitter website but don't use the API.

The Twitter Developer TOS states in section III subsection A point (c):
> c) You shall not and you shall not attempt to (or allow others to):
> use or access the Licensed Material to create or attempt to create a
> substitute or similar service or product to the X Applications

The developer TOS: https://developer.x.com/en/developer-terms/agreement
Related the Verge article: 
https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/19/23562947/twitter-third-party-client-tweetbot-twitterific-ban-rules
 

While researching the exact point of the TOS that goes against this I
found that Twitter tried to do the opposite before Musk by making the
API so other clients can compete and also to decentralize it:
https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/15/22779149/twitter-api-version-2-official-decentralized