"Since Elon Musk took over X, the company formerly known as Twitter, the platform has essentially lost its third-party app ecosystem. Twitter was once known as having the most robust third-party ecosystem of any major social media platform. But Musk's decision to turn the platform's free API into a mandatory subscription service - one with an original starting price point of $42,000 per month - dismantled that ecosystem."
"Good news! Elon Musk's X has heard the cries of third-party developers looking to access the platform with their apps and has introduced a new pay-per-use self-serve model instead of a one-time flat-fee subscription. The bad news? Somehow, it seems more expensive than the previous one-time flat-fee subscription model. On Monday, X's Developers account officially announced the beta launch of a pay-per-use API model."
"Long after many developers closed up their apps, X did introduce lower-priced tiers at $200 and $5,000 per month. However, many third-party app creators found that the lowest tier was more for hobbyists than an app with any semblance of a growing user base. And that $5,000 per month price was still out of reach for many devs."
X launched a beta pay-per-use API model intended to reopen the developer platform to third-party apps. The new model replaces previous flat-fee subscription tiers introduced after the free API was converted to a paid service under Elon Musk, a move that collapsed the existing third-party ecosystem. Earlier reduced tiers at $200 and $5,000 were insufficient for most serious apps. The pay-per-use pricing charges per post read and per published post, and preliminary calculations indicate the new costs can exceed former flat-fee rates, keeping many developers priced out despite aims to enable builders.
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