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Is there a name for this rugpull that is a recurring theme in tech, when you rely solely on another service bringing attention to your service. E.g. when youtu
by codethatwerks 3y ago
Is there a name for this rugpull that is a recurring theme in tech, when you rely solely on another service bringing attention to your service.
E.g. when youtube cancels you or your adwords account is blocked so you no longer make money
- jewel 3y agoI've heard it called "Platform risk". Also "Playing in someone else's walled garden", or something along those lines. I realize that's not a term for the inevitable rugpull, but that's the closest I can think of.
- d13 3y agoYou live on that platform, you die on that platform.
- amelius 3y agoBuilding your castle in someone else's kingdom.
- theolivenbaum 3y agoAnd obviously the Germans have a word and a law for it: Erbpacht (https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erbpacht https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erbpacht)
- mr_toad 3y agoTranslates as “emphyteusis”, a word I’d never heard of before. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/emphyteusis https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/emphyteusis
- oldsecondhand 3y agoBuilding your mobile home on rented land.
- snazz 3y agoFor Apple specifically it's called "Sherlocking".
- geoelectric 3y agoThat one is a little different. That's when Apple clones your app into their OS as a core feature, thereby completely killing your market. It usually implies Apple deliberately studied your specific app or replicated it based on details revealed in B2B licensing/acquisition meetings, similar to what MS pulled with Stacker back in the 90s. https://thehustle.co/sherlocking-explained https://thehustle.co/sherlocking-explained https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stac_Electronics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stac_Electronics
- MenhirMike 3y agoDon't even have to go back to the 90s, just recently Microsoft pulled that with AppGet.
- laborcontract 3y agoSherlocking is also considered a good thing nowadays. It acts to expand the market by bringing about awareness of such a feature.
- throwaway290 3y agoYeah the built-in way is not as good and featureful as dedicated app's but now more people are aware it's a thing and get the app. Like sleep cycle app is only rising in popularity even though ios has bedtime now.
- CamperBob2 3y ago"Sharecropping" is the old name, and it still works fine.
- acdha 3y agoTim Bray used sharecropping to describe a similar scenario almost 21 years ago: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/07/12/WebsThePlace http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/07/12/WebsThePla... https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/07/14/ShareCrop2 https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/07/14/ShareCrop... https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2008/04/09/Google-Users-API https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2008/04/09/Google-Us...
- jay_kyburz 3y agoI'm a game developer and I'm _kind_ of interested in building something for Fortnite's big third party store, or for Roblox, but its just too risky