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Re:Dear Microsoft by Touche on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @11:37AM (#12855876)
Can you explain the difference between an open and a closed 3rd party API?
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Re:Dear Microsoft by daveFNbuck on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @12:09PM (#12856304)
To develop an app using the Slack API, you do not need to register with Slack and download an API key for your app. Anyone can just develop whatever they like without having to ask permission first and there's no easy way to selectively shut down apps that Slack doesn't like.
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Re:Dear Microsoft by yoz-y on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @11:41AM (#12855922)
I guess here the split is between a closed source 3rd party API and no API at all.
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