Why is Twitter blocking Tweetbot and other 3rd party apps?

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Twitter, a micro-blogging platform has announced that it is working towards blocking third-party applications like Tweetbot and Twitterrific.

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The platform has tweeted from its @TwitterDev account on Tuesday, stating: "Twitter is enforcing its long-standing API rules. That may result in some apps not working."

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Several users expressed their thoughts on the company's announcement too.

While one user asked, "oh yeah? what rules did Tweetbot broke? And Twitterrific?", another said, "translation: We're embarrassed other apps are better so instead of improving ours, we'll just block them".

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Twitter CEO Elon Musk last week said that Twitter's "open source" algorithm will be revealed next month, as several people were unable to use third-party Twitter apps and faced issues with logging and accessing feeds.

He said that Twitter will publish a tweet recommendation code and make the account/tweet status visible no later than next month.

"Transparency builds trust," the Twitter CEO had posted.