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Is there any guarantee in their terms that they're not going to check which API brings in the most cash, and make their own if it's any good? They might not ne
by AndrewOMartin 10y ago
Is there any guarantee in their terms that they're not going to check which API brings in the most cash, and make their own if it's any good?
They might not need to know the specifics, just count hits. Then they could look at the public end of any seriously popular API.
- hyperpallium 10y agoIt seems inevitable, yet would kill the ecosystem. They may need to give a non-compete guarantee, of some kind... OTOH platform owners (eg MS, apple) have done this (aborbed others' applications as feaures) without apparent harm.
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- pavelmelnichuk 10y agoWhat is to stop them from counting your traffic now, if you use aws that is?
- tyingq 10y agoThey could, but wouldn't have the advantage of all the handy metadata this service provides to do it accurately, at scale.
- tyingq 10y agoNot sure if it's true, but that's a common complaint with 3rd party sellers on Amazon. Once AMZN spots a winner, they sell direct.
- shostack 10y agoAnd why wouldn't they? It clearly hasn't stopped sellers. Amazon has them do all the market research on their dime. Amazon then gets all the data to decide what to launch next to improve their margins, and they get paid for the privilege. I can't say I blame them, but I can't say it does much for my trust in them either.