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Re:Lawmakers Ask Zuck to Drop 'Instagram for Kids' Since App... by Dylan16807 on Thursday September 16, 2021 @01:27AM (#28548375)
It's easy for social media companies to break third party clients on a whim, or ban the users. I don't think any legal gray areas are the problem. You'd have to force companies to allow third party clients if you want them to be viable on most platforms.
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Re:Lawmakers Ask Zuck to Drop 'Instagram for Kids' Since App... by anon9001 on Thursday September 16, 2021 @03:02AM (#28548908)
It's actually only easy for them to stop this because reverse engineering their code, extracting secrets, and then selling a product with those secrets is forbidden by law.
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Re:Lawmakers Ask Zuck to Drop 'Instagram for Kids' Since App... by Dylan16807 on Thursday September 16, 2021 @03:20AM (#28549024)
Doesn't that only apply to copy protection code? And you don't need to get into reverse engineering to make a client.
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