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Title: Twitter on the Mac: Do your job, or get out of the way Post by: HCK on August 15, 2015, 03:00:13 am Twitter on the Mac: Do your job, or get out of the way
<article> <section class="page"> <p>Three years ago this month Twitter broke its covenant with the third-party developers (http://www.macworld.com/article/1168183/twitter_hands_down_new_strict_rules_for_third_party_developers.html) who helped fuel its initial growth and create some of its most innovative features. The message was clear: Twitter was in charge of its own platform, and while other Twitter apps would be tolerated, it would only be in limited fashion and for a limited time.</p><p>Today Twitter is a company in turmoil, with investors such as Chris Sacca clamoring for change (http://lowercasecapital.com/2015/06/03/what-twitter-can-be-2/) after the exit of former CEO Dick Costolo and the interim takeover of co-founder Jack Dorsey. What can’t be disputed is that Twitter’s Mac app—introduced in 2011 (http://www.macworld.com/article/1156942/twitter_mac.html)—is an extreme example of how Twitter has squandered the past few years. It drove third-party developers off of its platform in order to exert control, and then proceeded to bungle its app development.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2970341/web-social/twitter-on-the-mac-do-your-job-or-get-out-of-the-way.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Twitter on the Mac: Do your job, or get out of the way (http://www.macworld.com/article/2970341/web-social/twitter-on-the-mac-do-your-job-or-get-out-of-the-way.html#tk.rss_all) |