Code suggests TweetDeck access to be restricted to Twitter Blue subscribers
Tom Sykes
Posted On 09/02/2023 
Twitter appears to be planning on restricting access to TweetDeck, the popular Twitter-owned tool used by businesses and content creators to schedule tweets, view notifications, access direct messages and more, to make the service available only to Twitter Blue subscribers, according to reverse engineer Yaroslav.
Source code discovered by the engineer includes the line “Welcome to TweetDeck, a feature on Twitter Blue,” suggesting that Twitter will incorporate access to the TweetDeck platform in its pay-monthly subscription, which also offers users access to the ability to post higher-resolution 1080p videos, post longer tweets, see fewer ads, and more, as well as access the platform’s blue checkmark, and more.
Twitter previewed a new version of TweetDeck in 2021, although the company is yet to widely roll-out the updated design, which features an overhaul “from the ground up” including a full tweet composer, advanced search, new column types, and a new way to group columns.
BREAKING: Tweetdeck to soon be exclusive to Twitter Blue. pic.twitter.com/EmIU5kz0lc
— T(w)itter Takeover News (@TitterTakeover) February 8, 2023
As noted by Yaroslav, it isn’t clear whether Twitter will limit only the new version of TweetDeck to Twitter Blue subscribers, or if the full service in its entirety will be paywalled.
