via AllThingsD by Mike Isaac
Therein lies Twitter’s goal: A rich, consistent Twitter experience for every user. When the hammer finally drops and Twitter finally changes its guidelines, those apps which can’t deliver this consistency will no longer be able to integrate with Twitter. The most likely candidates to go first, according to multiple sources, fall within two camps: Third party client apps which essentially reduplicate the Twitter stream — such as Tweetbot, Echofon and Osfoora — and news reader apps like Flipboard, which re-renders Twitter data to create a different visual experience of a tweet entirely.
The answer lies in the cards.
The best take I’ve read yet on Twitter VP Michael Sippey’s blog post about the direction of the platform.