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Thank god this is Satire. But that said, I've worked on/at many (many, many, many) projects/companies that are dependent on someone else's ecosystem to be viab
by bradhe 9y ago
Thank god this is Satire.
But that said, I've worked on/at many (many, many, many) projects/companies that are dependent on someone else's ecosystem to be viable. Sometimes it's about traffic. Sometimes it's about behavior (e.g. they change an API without giving you a heads up). There's money to be made in those ecosystems and often times the owners of that ecosystem care a lot about their partner network...until they don't.
Worst of all, they really aren't beholden to keeping your lights on and you should realize that when entering a (often implicit) relationship with them. It's just the way it works.
- WingH 9y agoYes, there is often times a lot of money to be made (see Buffer and their dependency on the Twitter api). People say you shouldn’t start a business depending on a 3rd party, but what if your only profitable idea depends on one?
- imron 9y ago> Thank god this is Satire. The best satire has a grain of truth to it. See also: http://www.businessinsider.com/littlethings-online-publisher-shuts-down-and-blames-facebook-algorithm-2018-2 http://www.businessinsider.com/littlethings-online-publisher...