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When is Charging for an API OK? - So when is charging for an API OK? When your API is your product. That’s it, that’s the only time. Facebook's user data is th
by vyrotek 15y ago
When is Charging for an API OK? - So when is charging for an API OK? When your API is your product. That’s it, that’s the only time.
Facebook's user data is their product. And their API is a way to quickly get consumable access to that data.
- mbleigh 15y agoTrue, their user data is their product, but the Forbes article wasn't talking about charging for Facebook Graph API access, it was talking about charging for Facebook-as-SSO-provider. Facebook Connect is the means by which Facebook can mine even more data about their users which allows them to increase the value of their product.
- vyrotek 15y agoFacebook Connect grants your site access to more of Facebook's 'product'. Regardless, in my opinion An SSO/Identity Service seems like a reasonable API to charge for. Developers won't go elsewhere until the products, err users go elsewhere first. Facebook's value is always going to be about data and who has access to it.