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It's not just about devs getting older and busier, but also about networks becoming openly hostile towards third party client implementations. There used to be
by est31 6y ago
It's not just about devs getting older and busier, but also about networks becoming openly hostile towards third party client implementations. There used to be a healthy ecosystem of Whatsapp client libraries, but they have gotten takedowns, and their users bans. Eventually people give up. Some few individuals build third party implementations but keep them secret so that there is no retribution (I remember reading about a guy blogging about a self made iMessage client).
- Arathorn 6y agoThankfully the EU is moving rapidly towards making that sort of behaviour illegal, which as a knock-on effect should improve the situation for the world in general. https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/europe-fit-digital-age/digital-markets-act-ensuring-fair-and-open-digital-markets_en https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/euro...
- kpgiskpg 6y agoThis looks awesome! I wonder why I haven't heard about it before.
- LockAndLol 6y agoI think we all know which gatekeepers are going to land on the list and how happy they'll be to be on it. If this does more than just create a list and actually punishes gatekeepers for bad practices, I'll be impressed.
- visarga 6y agoIt's like net neutrality but for gatekeepers. They can't abuse their position.
- rorykoehler 6y agoThis is a great start
- kuroguro 6y agoYeah, same thing with discord. The "cordless" client dev got some of his accounts suspended recently and decided to stop developing the project :/