What do you think about Twitter API becoming paid? Any alternatives

I use quite a bit of tools that work with the Twitter API, so hope they make the pricing a bit fairer depending on usage. Wish there was a free tier too for the hackers/play-around types who just want to mess around with it but won't be having much traffic.

Build your own API (e.g. with askui)

If you only need data (READ) you can develop your own scrapper, otherwise you have to pay.

I think elon(twitter) should keep it free who are not earning any money from it.

Full disclosure: 1. I am not affected by the change in any meaningful way 2. I don’t currently even build apps let alone, use Twitter’s API 3. I have no authority, qualification, or (come to think of it) real right or reason to add my 2c However: he could have been less of a twatwaffle about it

I'm curious whether the paid access brings better support for developers. Not changing the rules retroactively or announcing breaking changes in more than a week would be good places to start.