Twitter API adds Direct Message permission

While the timeframe does suck, especially for iOS developers who have to wait for Apple's approval of any updates, this is a good move by Twitter.

More and more sites and apps are adopting Twitter integration, not all of them should have full access to our accounts.

Alternatively, "Twitter breaks 3rd-party clients and bans fully-native experiences with two weeks' notice"

Yeah, this didn't happen overnight. They could have given more warning.

Warning only helps so much when you're required to reauthenticate users for permissions they already granted.

Yet another developer hostile move by Twitter. Developers get two weeks to switch to OAuth (with app review), and to top it all off, Twitter's official apps don't have to abide by the new permissions model. Ridiculous.

I can't wait for all the 1 star reviews third party apps get when users have to login again.

When you use Twitter, you give Twitter access to your DMs. This seems like common sense to me.

However slightly developer hostile this may be, it's great for users. This was very well needed and i'm glad Twitter implemented it!