@paul sigh

@paul Absolutely terrible 😔

@paul What are the odds they did this to test the waters? If there was too much backlash, they could just say it was a “technical issue” and wash their hands of it.

@paul 🫡🍿

@paul still can't sign in :(

@paul but not Tweetbot 5

@paul you little devil

@paul did they have a change of heart?

@paul nicely done

@paul Bravo sir.

@paul blah. Was so excited thinking Twitter reverted the change. Thanks for fighting.

@paul I’m sorry Twitter is being bollocks! I subbed to Tweetbot to ensure your receive some funds during all of this ordeal!

@paul I mean the good news here is we still get a superior browsing experience with Tweetbot.

@paul i know it's not ideal but even being able to *read* through tweetbot is a world of difference

@paul Thanks for the hard work and pushing out the update. I was able to sign in and can view my feed, but can’t post, retweet, or view individual’s feeds. Just sharing my experience FYI!

@paul Please add custom key support. Twidere X also did this years ago, and this app is still in App Store.

@paul I hope it stays that way too

@paul Bravo. Now if only Twitter got rid of the arbitrary rate-limiting to make Tweetbot actually usable again.

@paul Something says to me that Space Karen will say it’s okay to finish like this. The state of restricted apps ok for them, because make a lot of uncomfortable user experience. And later some people switch to original app and will see an ads.

I think, you know it without me, but shure, need to say for others

@paul A little surprised you're playing games with the API keys now.

Also, are those low limits what all new 3rd party Twitter apps face? If so, that's pretty terrible from a "try to make a profit" perspective!

@paul Thank you for trying, but I think we all know that swapping in the API will be a temporary fix at best.

Myself? I've ripped off the Twitter band-aid and I have no intention of going back at this point.

@paul 🙏🏻🍿

@paul does this mean Tweetbot is back till the new API rate limit matures? Will you still develop Tweetbot?

@paul not really working. Still error messages stating unauthorized. Never mind, I’ve removed Tweetbot from my devices and will cancel my Twitter account shortly. Back with RSS and happy tootin on mastodon. Love the Ivory app already.

@paul honestly fuck that entire company at this point. what a clown show.

@paul kudos for doing that but you’ve just proven the crooked practices they’re taking part in. Ridiculous. It unfortunately feels like the writing is on the wall. I pray that either way, an answer is given.

@paul missing those elevated write limits unfortunately

@paul 🫡 to all your Twitter accounts when you-know-who inevitably retaliates. Their sacrifice will be noted.

@paul You took a punt on using different API keys?

@paul El Musko is running Twitter into the ground.

@paul this whole thing is just such a clown show. Sad that you and your users have been caught in the middle of all this 😔

@paul countdown until new keys are banned…

@paul you woke up and chose violence today.

@paul Current IOS version is letting me read and like tweets. Can't tweet or reply as that throws up a rate limit error.

@paul Wonderful. Even as a read only service is so much more relaxing and informative than the official app.

@paul I purchased Tweetbot (also had Weightbot, Calcbot purchased) in 2013 from you. Been using since then on mac and iOS. Sadly lost trust in twitter, so I'm not using it anymore, but will wait patiently until you release Ivory, and will buy that as well. Why? Because they are all great products and they all worth to buy them. So thank you for your work!

@paul I'm happy to hear this, although sad it was due to your intervention and not theirs.

@paul That’s badass

@paul good job, Sir. When you release Ivory, I will be happy to pay for it.

@paul I guess at least you’ve proved it was more vengeful than kicking out *all* third-party access!

Really looking forward to Ivory. As a Tapbots user since 2012 (or earlier!) I’ll be there as a day one purchase/subscriber when that becomes an option.

I guess that also gives me time to learn how this all works and also consider hosting my own private server. I assume Ivory will work with *any* server, even self-hosted?

@paul Still not working for me.

@paul not working for me

@paul Oh so you did end up switching the API key, so this is probably just a temporary respite. 😞 Not gonna lie, felt good to be back after having to use the Twitter client.

@paul Aaaaands its down again

@paul API keys suspended again?

@paul It’s down. Thanks for the swan song.

@paul looks like the new key has been suspended now, it worked 5 minutes ago, but now I’m getting the same failure state as over the weekend.

@paul is that 100k user tokens limit from years ago still a thing?

@paul Andd then it was gone again 😔

@paul and Twitter seems to have pulled the plug on this again. Just getting the same auth error as before.

@paul broke again. Was nice while it lasted!

@paul Annnnnndddd...billionaire bozo pulled the plug again. Was authenticated for about an hour and now it's disconnected again.

@paul it’s down again 😭 the fun lasted only a few hours. Kudos for going rogue with the api keys 😀

@paul LOL I logged in and refreshed timeline once, API was disabled next time I refreshed.

@paul Was nice while it lasted.

@paul looks like twitter just disabled the new api keys you added. Would love an option to add my own key. Honestly would be funny to watch twitter run the hammer like whack a mole!

@paul Looks to be blocked again 😢

@paul that was fun while it lasted.

@paul have lost access again, this feels like the end 😔 but looking forward to saying hello to Ivory 😄

@paul I was able to authorize and update my timeline and lists, but now getting the “Unable to Access Account” message again. <sigh>

@paul Not working for me on two different iOS devices…

@paul looks like clients are failing completely, again. As of a few minutes ago.

@paul I still can’t get in, probably for the best..

@paul looks like #tweetbot is down again. Thanks for the attempt. Hopefully Twitter pulls their heads out of their asses soon and at least admits what they did.

@paul Twitter just found out, probably because of this article. RIP.

@paul Elon took us out again 😂

@paul Not working for me… 🤷🏻‍♂️

@paul Elon can go fuck himself. I’m done with him, his endless online stupidity, the circus that results in anything he does, and his ball-gargling fan base. I don’t need Twitter, but inevitably they need us.

@paul seems to be broken again.

And now dead again, along with some old unused API keys, which proves that this was intentional and we and others were specifically targeted.

I wouldn't have swapped out the keys in the first place if there was even a shred of communication. Figured if nothing else this would push the issue.

Oh well, on to smaller but greener pastures.

@paul finally Tweetbot’s been re-banned. Thank you sir for all your efforts. Bring to life Ivory as soon as posible and fuck off twitter.

@paul the app works for like 4h and then was blocked again 😫

@paul My tweetbot subscription is ready and waiting for @ivory when you’re ready!

@paul Thanks, it worked long enough to full down 3d worth posts.

@paul With the loss of Tweetbot, I am now done with Twitter entirely. I’m so sorry that this happened to you, especially the way it happened. Very much looking forward to Ivory, hopefully soon.

@paul Jesus, what a fucking shitshow. I'm sorry.

@paul thanks for all the work on it over the years. One of the few subs that felt like the least I could do. Looking forward to @ivory, just wish I knew more people on here lol.

@paul Ridiculous behaviour but sadly not surprising at this point. I feel for app developers though.

@paul I was able to use Tweetbot for a short bit, now it says it can’t authenticate me.

This is some BS.