Re:Instagram deprecates majority of their API
by tokyohans on Thursday April 05, 2018 @09:42AM
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Got that notice too. Indeed, deprecated isn't "we're in panic mode and gotta act erratically to show those poor souls who have actually never read the T&C that we care".
We invested $50k in analytics and client experience. Going to the trash can.
Agree with quite a few comments here. The most profound one was an observation I made too: FB is effectively strengthening its monopoly by using the Cambridge debacle. Feels very much like post financial crisis behavior of the too big to fail banks (I worked for one).
But perhaps more importantly: Are "Instagram" partners actually affected? Beasts like Salesforce.com and Oracle consume huge amounts of data. There are dozens that consume audience data etc. Pretty sure that they are paying license fees to continue to operate with much more sensible API permissions and limits.
Thoughts?
Agree with quite a few comments here. The most profound one was an observation I made too: FB is effectively strengthening its monopoly by using the Cambridge debacle. Feels very much like post financial crisis behavior of the too big to fail banks (I worked for one).
But perhaps more importantly: Are "Instagram" partners actually affected? Beasts like Salesforce.com and Oracle consume huge amounts of data. There are dozens that consume audience data etc. Pretty sure that they are paying license fees to continue to operate with much more sensible API permissions and limits. Thoughts?