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the only question I have: How are the developers protected from facebook launching similar products when their product proves that it makes money or draws a lot
by andre 19y ago
the only question I have: How are the developers protected from facebook launching similar products when their product proves that it makes money or draws a lot of traffic?
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- danw 19y agoVaild point, but no need to shout! Theres always a risk when using a platform. There are some ideas that you can do which facebook itself are unlikely to eg mosoto
- andre 19y agoGood point too! To me this feels like signing up for a franchise instead of starting your own business, you have control, but not full control. For some purposes or ideas it's a great.
- danw 19y agoTheres an interesting quote in the gigaom article: one company even telling us it was considering transitioning its current million-plus-user application into being purely a Facebook application. Sounds like a crazy plan. Is this hotornot possibly?
- natrius 19y agoEven if you don't use facebook's platform, they can still launch similar products. The bigger threat is facebook discontinuing the platform or restricting what you can do, though I doubt they'll do either.