This feels very counter to Twitter's claimed intent in rolling out the new policies.
IFTTT is in no way trying compete as a Twitter client, and, especially in the case where I'm trying to archive my own Tweets, the service only enhances my Twitter experience.
Twitter's throwing a lot away in the name of squeezing more value out of its assets.
Twitter just moved into a new office, has been acquiring companies (remember, they're what drove Instagram's price up), and you really think they're secretly cash-strapped or something?
No definitely not, but the problem is that the clock is ticking and I think the FB IPO showed them what can happen when the right pieces aren't in place at the time of IPO.
No one is going to argue that Twitter has a technological advantage - their service is incredibly simple and could probably be completely replicated by a small team in six months to a year. Moreso than Facebook, they are relying on the network effect but the also monetize less than Facebook, so who really knows if they're ever going to be profitable?
Would I be violating Twitter's policies if automated a process whereby, when I compose a Tweet, the words I write (which are my own) appear simultaneously on something other than Twitter? Is it the round-tripping through their API that has Twitter's undies in a bundle? Because I could just skip that part entirely.
You should just skip it regardless. It's fairly obvious that Twitter has become a bad actor and should be removed from the content and communication pipeline.
AT&T used to dictate which phones you could connect to their network, too, and that was also a terrible idea.
Best way of putting it that I've seen. These recent moves serve to alienate developers (and users by extension) and reek of typical corporate desperation.
I seem to recall they now have a policy specifically forbidding Twitter client applications from simultaneously posting to other services, so you probably would be violating their new rules.
IFTTT is in no way trying compete as a Twitter client, and, especially in the case where I'm trying to archive my own Tweets, the service only enhances my Twitter experience.
Twitter's throwing a lot away in the name of squeezing more value out of its assets.