Microsoft to lay off 11,000 employees

Re:Microsoft to lay off 11,000 employees by dvt on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @04:05PM (#34419096)

> They obviously did that because the API is not benefiting them at all from a revenue perspective. If it were, they wouldn't have gotten rid of it.

Everyone hates on Dorsey because he essentially turned Twitter into a walled garden (killed third-party clients + RSS support), but really, how else are you supposed to make a startup that got millions in funding profitable? Just by giving your stuff away?

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Re:Microsoft to lay off 11,000 employees by KerrAvon on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @04:45PM (#34419784)

Nobody begrudges Twitter the right to (the opportunity to) make money. It's not clear why they decided not to work with the clients. They could have put ads into the API feeds and required that clients not filter them out, or some such thing.

And it's fine that they didn't. It's even fine that they shut down the API. But the lack of communication is ridiculous. Just tell people what the fuck is happening. They don't have to like it, but complete ghosting is the way you burn bridges completely down.

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Re:Microsoft to lay off 11,000 employees by patrickmay on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @04:46PM (#34419795)

Charge for API access. Learn what features users want from the third party tools. Implement those. Profit.

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