https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/feb/07/techscape-elon-musk-twitter-api

The social media network is putting its APIs – the under-praised tool that keeps the internet as we know it going – behind a paywall. This cash grab will fundamentally change Twitter

APIs may not seem like the sexiest thing to write about in a tech newsletter, but bear with me. Because APIs – or application programming interfaces – are important. They’re the synapses of our digital world: without them, our current ways of living wouldn’t work.