> that they have no control over Per the article, they did at least have long-term contracts locked in with Smyte. That's not the same as control over the feat

> that they have no control over Per the article, they did at least have long-term contracts locked in with Smyte. That's not the same as control over the feature, obviously, but plenty of companies do business on the strength of contracts instead of vertically integrating their entire product. Obviously we don't have many details yet, but I think there's a real difference between simply using a third party API that works for the moment, and buying a service from a third party. If Twitter/Smyte simply broke contract with all their existing customers, that's very much their responsibility.