Twitter's API keeps breaking, even for developers paying $42,000

Twitter’s new API may now cost tens of thousands of dollars per month, but the service being provided to its customers appears to be worse than ever.That’s the general sentiment among developers who are still part of the once-robust third-party Twitter app ecosystem. According to developers paying Twitter, since the switch over to Elon Musk’s paid API subscription plans, Twitter’s API has experienced frequent issues that make it extremely difficult to run their apps. Twitter’s API issues have frustrated developers in each of Twitter’s new API access tiers. Those with Basic or Pro plans — paying $100 and $5000 a month for API access, respectively — have experienced unannounced changes to their plans, numerous bugs, and often receive zero customer support. And developers shelling out for Twitter’s Enterprise API Plan, which starts at $42,000 per month, are experiencing sudden outages and disappointing service considering the money they’re paying.”Everything used to work fine before we started paying half a million per year,” shared one developer in a private Twitter developer group chat shared with Mashable.Before Elon Musk, Twitter was known for having a robust third-party developer ecosystem. Apps providing users with everything from entertainment to useful business utility flourished on the platform. Now, though, those third-party developers are leaving Twitter behind in droves. And the ones who are forced to stick around because they’ve already built a company on top of it are wondering when Twitter will eventually make the changes that will break their app and destroy their business.The collapse of…Twitter's API keeps breaking, even for developers paying $42,000