We made it out of January!

Welcome to the end of the week. What did we learn this week? That ChatCPT is going commercial, and so is the Twitter API.

​https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt-plus/​

The new subscription plan, ChatGPT Plus, will be available for $20/month, and subscribers will receive a number of benefits:

• General access to ChatGPT, even during peak times
• Faster response times
• Priority access to new features and improvements

​https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/twitter-replaces-its-free-api-with-a-paid-tier-in-quest-to-make-more-money/ar-AA171Lgh​

Twitter is removing the Free Tier completely and this will undoubtedly have a big effect on the connected app ecosystem. If you're using any form of Twitter integrated tooling - this could hurt. It could end up hurting Twitter too. I imagine the phones to Twitter HQ are pretty hot right now!

I've been preparing for FOSDEM this week - I'll be talking about Rosegarden on Sunday. Please join me either in person or online.

Have a great weekend,

Richard

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