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Re:API and Other Platform Product Changes by LeifCarrotson on Thursday April 19, 2018 @02:07PM (#16878377)
I'm out of the loop, what is the next walled garden everyone's playing in right now? Instagram? Snapchat? Youtube?
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Re:API and Other Platform Product Changes by nkozyra on Thursday April 19, 2018 @02:12PM (#16878442)
I'm hoping folks will have a "fool me twice" mentality with this.

No API is permanent and no service will ever be reliable in this regard.

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Re:API and Other Platform Product Changes by AznHisoka on Thursday April 19, 2018 @02:20PM (#16878552)
On the other hand, there's been a decent number of people who have made lots of money because they were the first to build an useful product on a platform.

Examples being Buffer, Hootsuite, BuddyMedia

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Re:API and Other Platform Product Changes by nkozyra on Thursday April 19, 2018 @02:55PM (#16878913)
Sure but then you're in the boat where you have some n finite period of time to slingshot from needing API Service to having a viable enough business to live without it.
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