In this piece for #WIRED, @stokel outlines how Twitter and Melon Usk intend to charge $USD 42k per month and upwards to access #research #data via the platform's #API - putting it out of reach of most researchers and #universities

An example of #ChokePointCapitalism (per @docotorow and #RebeccaGiblin #rgibli?

Frankly, I'm surprised at this approach to market. I thought Twitter would have approached the journal publishers instead, and got them to paywall Twitter through their existing university subscriptions.

https://www.wired.com/story/twitter-data-api-prices-out-nearly-everyone/