Re: Any working twitter client?

[Yuchen Pei]

On Sat 2024-11-09 00:48:21 +0200, Björn Bidar wrote:

> 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.

squawker uses twitter api - i've looked into the code. not sure about
nitter, but from discussions on nitter issues it seems to be using
twitter api too.

> 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

if no twitter client is allowed why do they provide api for users to use?

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Best,
Yuchen

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