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Let the market decide. If developers are making clients that are worse than the standard, people won't use them. What is Twitter's product here?
by mentat 16y ago
Let the market decide. If developers are making clients that are worse than the standard, people won't use them. What is Twitter's product here?
- JCB_K 16y agoIf the market was completely transparent, that would be the case, but that's not how it is. For example Yfrog: it looks absolutely terrible, but still it's very popular. If I made Twitter I wouldn't be happy about that. A new normal Twitter-user (some who doesn't read HN, basically) might think something like this: "Oh, so this is where you post images on twitter? Doesn't look great. How do I login? Ah nevermind, I'll go back to Facebook." At the same time, TwitPic adds something to Twitter, in such a way that it fits in with it. Bottom-line: users will connect 3rd-party apps and experiences to the API provider, so Twitter is right in making clear that they don't want crappy apps.