Twitter's new API pricing is killing many Twitter apps that can't pay $42,000 per month

Twitter has officially announced its brand new API plans for developers. And looking over the details, it’s clear Elon Musk sees indie developers as acceptable losses in Twitter’s latest cash grab.Unfortunately but not unexpectedly, a slew of indie developers have already announced they’d have to shut down their Twitter-based apps due to the new pricing. After all, how many indie developers can afford $42,000 per month? Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab) On Wednesday, the official Twitter Developer account shared details regarding pricing of its new API plan. The API basically provides third-party applications and developers with access to the social media platform’s data and features. The company also emailed details of the new AI plan to developers. Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab) According to Twitter, free access to the API ​will only allow developers to write 1,500 tweets per month. The new free tier of the API no longer includes the ability for developers to access tweets, only create them.To compare, Twitter’s old free plan, called “Elevated,” currently allows developers to access 2 million tweets per month.Twitter offers two plans at wildly different price pointsAs for the paid plan, there is one tier called Basic, which Twitter classifies as being for hobbyists or students. This plan costs $100 per month and only allows access to 10,000 tweets per month. One can also write 50,000 tweets per month with this plan. Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab)…Twitter's new API pricing is killing many Twitter apps that can't pay $42,000 per month