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What do you suggest they do instead?
by Lienetic 3y ago
What do you suggest they do instead?
- nickthegreek 3y agoFind a business model that doesn't depend on the unauthorized access of a private API would be a good place to start.
- ItsABytecode 3y agoBy “private API” do you mean undocumented public API?
- nickthegreek 3y agoyes.
- beeboobaa 3y agoHN is accessed via an undocumented public API that you are using every time you visit this site.
- tedunangst 3y agoAnd I would suggest it's a bad idea to base your entire business off using that API.
- nabakin 3y agoI've used 'private API' exactly how you did and some pedant told me it wasn't a real term so I empathize
- willseth 3y agoNothing. They got great publicity out of this. They also got Apple under serious additional scrutiny by Congress. Beeper Mini the product never had a chance at actually being successful, so I think this is about the best outcome they could have ever hoped for.
- DennisAleynikov 3y ago“Never had a chance” Because of anticompetitive behavior by Apple, yes. That’s literally the whole point people keep missing.