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Other big social networks have a very different business model. Because they ask users to pay directly for the service, as opposed to ads on UI, using Slack via
by arjun27 8y ago
Other big social networks have a very different business model. Because they ask users to pay directly for the service, as opposed to ads on UI, using Slack via API or UI shouldn't really matter to them.
- dewey 8y agoDidn't stop them from disabling the official IRC gateway they had.
- arjun27 8y agoyes, you're right. However, the slack RTM API can still support IRC clients (with a little more work - need to setup the IRC server, like [1]). The API is like a superset that way. [1] https://github.com/insomniacslk/irc-slack https://github.com/insomniacslk/irc-slack