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What if Google and Facebook block access to their APIs? This seems like a possibility if Ark gains traction.
by cantbecool 15y ago
What if Google and Facebook block access to their APIs? This seems like a possibility if Ark gains traction.
- epikur 15y agoIf it gained traction, wouldn't a Google or Facebook acquisition be even more of a possibility?
- moylan 15y agoand which ever one loses the acquisition bid will block the winner
- benologist 15y agoThat's the winner's problem.
- chrisaycock 15y agoThat's a possibility, but the article states that Ark used its Y Combinator connections to get full approval from Facebook to dredge its Graph API.
- jordhy 15y agoThey can use the Common Crawl, LinkedIn's API, Twitter's or other APIs. Any single data supplier withdrawal won't disrupt their business model.