Why is Twitter Cracking Down on Third-Party Apps?

There are whispers of an end of an era this week, as Twitter flexes its muscles against its own developer community. Some are speculating that Twitter is hoping to squeeze out most developers in order to build its own apps, while others think it’s just Twitter cleaning up to prepare for some big money-making moves in 2011.

As ReadWriteWeb reports, Twitter has just forced popular app TwapperKeeper to remove some of its features in order to align with its TOS.

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