NOOOOOO.
Pour one out for a real one: the Ace Attorney Court Bot, one of the best bots on Twitter, is being forced to shut down after Twitter announced that it would be charging for access to its API. This affects a ton of bots, of course, including Hourly Hatsune Miku, Endless Screaming, and Monopoly Mermaid Monday, the loss of which will make the world a poorer place.
The cost of accessing the API from February 9th starts at — get this — $150 a month for up to 500 API requests, and an incredible $2,500 a month for up to 10,000 requests. Twitter bots can process several thousand API requests a day.
Read the full article on nintendolife.com
