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Twitter betrayed all developers that relied on their API, and also helped overthrow legitimate governments and put middle east and ukraine in chaos. Their failu
by meira 10y ago
Twitter betrayed all developers that relied on their API, and also helped overthrow legitimate governments and put middle east and ukraine in chaos. Their failure is well deserved and should help other startups to not fuck with everybody while pretending to help (Google and Facebook, are you the next?)
- edraferi 10y agoAs a non-profit, Twitter could focus on being ubiquitous as possible. That could lead to restoring the original API rules.
- wineisfine 10y agoTheir API is still quite generous compared to others. The only thing I blame them is the insane prices for gnip data, which alienates any normal developer outfit that isn't overly funded.
- stale2002 10y agoAllowing people to organize themselves is "helping them overthrow legitimate governments"??? What, do you think twitter should start censoring everything that governments disagree with? An open, non-profit twitter would probably allow people to do even MORE things like "overthrowing governments".
- murkt 10y agoSpeaking as a ukrainian, Twitter had little to do with the war in Ukraine.
- endisukaj 10y agoTwitter had nothing to do with the wars in those countries. It was just a tool used by people to help them organize. By that logic Telephones and smoke signals should fail/be banned.
- sukilot 10y agoTwitter two main sins are: being less accessible than you like, and being more accessible than you like?