The point isn't if IFTTT violated the ToS. The point is that if IFTTT violates it, then the ToS needs to change.<p>Twitter succeeded because it was a dumb, open pipe that developers made awesome apps for. Twitter is now acting like they don't have developers to thank for their success.
Companies look the other way re: ToS violations all the time, when it benefits them. Then, when it threatens them, they take it all away. How is this surprising?<p>The larger discussion point here is what twitter stands to lose and gain by alienating integration.
I was under the impression that IFTTT said months ago that they'd been in communication with Twitter and that they didn't have a problem with the old ToS. (I could be remembering incorrectly.)