However, as a Twitter user for the last decade, the platform seems to be decaying. Either no on is really on it much any longer, or they've squelched my account severely.
The fun seemed to depart after late 2016, as though something happened which dismayed The Powers That Be.
I find I get a vastly different experience on those apps to the official site - on the website, tweets from various friends aren't being shown at all, and replies are being re-ordered. It's as if the Twitter site is re-ordering things to maximize "engagement" (ie outrage). The third party apps still show things by chronological order, don't show tweets that others like/heart, making for a much better experience.
also, list support is a lot better on the official app (and i use a lot of lists so i don't clutter my main timeline with random stuff).
It's not that they CAN'T do anything about it, the problem is that they WON'T.