From 55a19e86b0e0d05cb11185880c8c69a3ad0e6952 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: IBBoard Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2023 20:14:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add deprecation notice --- README.md | 14 ++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ed914f3f..9285a747 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,10 +1,20 @@ # Cawbird 1.5 +## DEPRECATION NOTICE + +⚠ As of January 2023, Cawbird for Twitter is no longer being developed ⚠ + +This is because Twitter changed the Developer Agreement to prohibit "creating a substitute for Twitter Applications" and revoked our primary API keys around 20th January. + +The next generation of Cawbird will be a Mastodon client. Follow Cawbird Toot Point Oh (codename NewCaw) at https://github.com/CodedOre/NewCaw + +## Introduction + -[Cawbird](https://ibboard.co.uk/cawbird/) is a fork of the [Corebird](https://corebird.baedert.org/) Twitter client from Baedert, which became unsupported after Twitter disabled the streaming API. +[Cawbird](https://ibboard.co.uk/cawbird/) ~~is~~ was a fork of the [Corebird](https://corebird.baedert.org/) Twitter client from Baedert, which became unsupported after Twitter disabled the streaming API. -Cawbird works with the new APIs and includes a few fixes and modifications that have historically been patched in to IBBoard's custom Corebird build on his personal Open Build Service account[1](#footnote1). +Cawbird ~~works~~ worked with the new APIs and includes a few fixes and modifications that have historically been patched in to IBBoard's custom Corebird build on his personal Open Build Service account[1](#footnote1). ## Packaging and installation