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Unfortunately it’s rarely that these kind of decisions are based on technical merit, but instead because they’re part of the business proposition, or requested
by stingraycharles 5y ago
Unfortunately it’s rarely that these kind of decisions are based on technical merit, but instead because they’re part of the business proposition, or requested by other parts of the business (sales/marketing).
Other than that, I fully agree that you should try to minimize your dependence on them, it’s not good a good position to be in; what’s in the best interest for YouTube today may not be the case in one year.
- cromwellian 5y agoIn my experience, private APIs are expected to be refactored, and you should not depend on them. I don't think sales/marketing are involved at all. For a public API, sure, but don't expect private, undocumented APIs not to break you, in fact, you SHOULD expect them to change, especially in any codebase that is actively being maintained.