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I think this kind of behavior is wide-spread - Climbing a ladder and then kicking it down once you're on the top because you don't need it anymore. Twitter is t
by ksk 6y ago
I think this kind of behavior is wide-spread - Climbing a ladder and then kicking it down once you're on the top because you don't need it anymore. Twitter is the famous example of doing that where they grew their network on the backs of third party clients, and then rate-limited them out of existence.
- swiley 6y agoThe lesson here is: invest in protocols and open standards, not “apps” and closed platforms.
- arvinsim 6y agoThis is obvious, until you realize that the line between company and customers(shareholders) have been blurred, creating perverse incentives.
- ksk 6y agoYes, 100% agree. The problem always seems to come when there is money involved. Especially when you take someone elses money, and then get corrupted by the pressure of returning the principal with interest. You get slow-cooked into compromising your ideals, even if you personally were never greedy/malicious. I suppose that's easy to say for me, since I was never in that position :)