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The twist is that he is charging his users for API access - normally it would be a convoluted process where the third party developers pay to use the API, then
by DougBTX 16y ago
The twist is that he is charging his users for API access - normally it would be a convoluted process where the third party developers pay to use the API, then they try to monetise the users via subscription or ads. This is a smart way to do it.
- ZoFreX 16y agoClever? Yes. Unique? No. Spotify have "libspotify" [1] which allows developers to do pretty much anything (you could create a completely functional Spotify client yourself, which has actually been done [2]), but users can only use your application if they have a premium account. [1] http://developer.spotify.com/en/libspotify/overview/ http://developer.spotify.com/en/libspotify/overview/ [2] http://spotyxbmc.tumblr.com/ http://spotyxbmc.tumblr.com/