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Re:Online Publisher Dependent Upon Facebook Shuts Down, Blam... by Mindwipe on Monday August 23, 2021 @05:25AM (#28273759)
> Here’s how utterly clueless Speiser was about getting into bed with Facebook. In June 2016, he told The Wall Street Journal there was no reason for publishers to be nervous about Facebook:

It is funny to read someone who has advocated developing for iOS for a decade to say things like this with no irony.

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Re:Online Publisher Dependent Upon Facebook Shuts Down, Blam... by chalst on Monday August 23, 2021 @07:42AM (#28274420)
It's the difference between 30% fucked and 75% fucked.
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Re:Online Publisher Dependent Upon Facebook Shuts Down, Blam... by ineedasername on Monday August 23, 2021 @09:25AM (#28275320)
If Apple changes its app store search algorithm you're still mostly fucked.

If Apple decides they like your app and want to copy it's features into their own app or iOS itself then you're 100% fucked.

In general, relying on the good will and unchanging rules of a 3rd party platform for your business is inherently risky.

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Re:Online Publisher Dependent Upon Facebook Shuts Down, Blam... by 6510 on Monday August 23, 2021 @09:31AM (#28275399)
I like the part where you have to build the entire business before they will consider rejecting you.
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Re:Online Publisher Dependent Upon Facebook Shuts Down, Blam... by ineedasername on Monday August 23, 2021 @09:08PM (#28284041)
Yep, if you're trying to build a new business based on an app, going for the absolute MVP to get early approval or rejection seems like a big requirement. Then just add incrementally until/unless an update gets rejected or you've built the full product. And then just hope the rules don't change.
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