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It looks to me like they're shutting out competitors looking to replace their service. That's apples and oranges compared to Twitter, which they are supplementi
by Cabal 16y ago
It looks to me like they're shutting out competitors looking to replace their service. That's apples and oranges compared to Twitter, which they are supplementing.
- cheald 16y agoIf your users are moving their data over to another service, then a) it's their prerogative to do so, and b) maybe it says something about your service. "We IP block competitors" is not a bullet point in your defensibility strategy.
- Cabal 16y agoIf your users are moving their data over to another service, then a) it's their prerogative to do so, and b) maybe it says something about your service. No one has suggested otherwise, but you're under no requirement to help your competitors.
- joelhaasnoot 16y agoTrue, but Twitter breathes down the necks of everyone in the space of supplementing and complementing services. Twitter is looking to own the ecosystem and keep control of the user experience. One of these days Twitter will buy an image service, make it the default, and say to all the others: "oh, you can play too, but we're the default", effectively shutting others out. Just look at bit.ly and other URL shorteners and what Twitter has done.
- Terretta 16y agoYes, look at what Twitter has done to shorteners, vs. bit.ly's continued business: bit.ly offers great reporting, use with services besides Twitter, and bit.ly pro to integrate your own domain. So bit.ly remains the shortener of choice for professionals.