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Nobody is arguing that they don't have the right, but there are social implications to doing so. People have the right to not like them because of it. You als
by dhimes 15y ago
Nobody is arguing that they don't have the right, but there are social implications to doing so. People have the right to not like them because of it.
You also have the right to not write thank-you cards when people do nice things for you, but those people have the right to react to your selfishness.
- tomkarlo 15y agoI can understand being unhappy because they've decided to deprecate a free API. I disagree with the rage of the OP. This was a free service and they're no longer going to offer it, and they're shutting it down in an orderly manner. That's not selfish. This is more like someone giving you a birthday present every year, and then when they fail to send you one, you write a nasty post about how greedy and selfish they are.
- wolfhumble 15y agoYes I agree, one should always be grateful! I think it is difficult to compare this to a birthday present you did not receive, though. It is more like they want you to throw away the birthday present you got last year; a present you were grateful for and that now plays an important part in your daily routine.
- dhimes 15y agoExactly. Would you accept the next gift? Especially when giving the gift isn't a selfless act-- it's only given if it benefits the giver. I don't use their APIs, and am not building a business on anybody else's platform, so it doesn't affect me personally. But if I were doing that, this would make me change my mind.