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No Official Threads API Forces Developers to Reverse-Engineer

Meta provides no official API for Threads, forcing developers to reverse-engineer the web interface to build reader tools and bots. This creates fragile integrations that can break at any time and limits the ecosystem of tools. Official API access would unlock a significant developer community.

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