It could break much sooner than that. All Twitter would need to do is cut off access to it, like they just did with [Tweetie](http://thenextweb.com/apple/2012/1

It could break much sooner than that. All Twitter would need to do is cut off access to it, like they just did with [Tweetie](http://thenextweb.com/apple/2012/10/11/rip-tweetie-for-mac-we-knew-and-loved-you/ http://thenextweb.com/apple/2012/10/11/rip-tweetie-for-mac-w...) I think we can expect third-party clients to be allowed for a while more, maybe even a year or two, but who knows.