"Facebook has always been a closed system where developers are expected to live in a culture of asking permission before doing anything, and existing at the whi

"Facebook has always been a closed system where developers are expected to live in a culture of asking permission before doing anything, and existing at the whim of the company's management. [...] The web I love is an open world where you are free to innovate as long as you stick to the mutually agreed rules." Facebook's policies aside, it's interesting to note that this criticism was written in response to a letter from Blake Ross- the founder of Firefox.