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Most API-related problems are business related, not technical. Twitter could decide to use a protocol but that does little to prevent it from pulling or limitin
by zaidf 16y ago
Most API-related problems are business related, not technical. Twitter could decide to use a protocol but that does little to prevent it from pulling or limiting access via the protocol when it wants and as it wants.
- shantanubala 16y agoI think a good example is this: Google Talk may use the Jabber protocol, but most users don't care or know. The protocol itself isn't what matters -- Google's market proliferation matters more than the protocol. Similarly, even if Twitter or another company used open protocols, the alternatives would have to provide a better service on top of the open protocol to actually convert people or make the protocol a useful component of the service itself.
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