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Third parties can always just resort to web-scraping if API support is dropped. If you consistently scrape public pages on Facebook, you can amass a trove of da
by anonytrary 8y ago
Third parties can always just resort to web-scraping if API support is dropped. If you consistently scrape public pages on Facebook, you can amass a trove of data within a year. By supporting an API, Facebook offers a controlled avenue for this to happen, which people pay for because it's easier than scraping. It will still happen if this doesn't exist, though.