<i>> Large social media platforms appear to be increasingly resistant to third-party tools that give users more command over their experiences. Many of them, in fact, have stopped supporting third-party tools directly.</i><p>The interests of the for-profit corporations that run large social media platforms are not, and have never been, aligned with yours.<p>You want control over your social experiences, social interactions, and personal information.<p>But those are exactly the things they want to "manage," i.e., control, so they can monetize them.<p>The last thing they want is third-party tools that get in the way of it.