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This is really awesome. There's several platforms that intentionally gate keep their API and it makes really annoying to build integrations with them. How do yo
by nkotov 2y ago
This is really awesome. There's several platforms that intentionally gate keep their API and it makes really annoying to build integrations with them. How do you go about these platforms and not breaking their TOS?
- compootr 2y agoI don't think it really matters to them. As a provider giving access to these platforms, they're not the user (and they didn't agree to the terms). the end user did, so it's on them to decide whether they risk getting terminated or whatnot
- DougWebb 2y agoIf they have deeper pockets than the user, they're the ones who will get sued for abuse they enable.
- richardzhang 2y agoThank you! There are definitely platforms that intentionally gate-keep their APIs. A good example is LinkedIn, which many companies still try to force-build their own integrations with. Our goal is to allow each developer to make their own informed decision regarding the policies of the platforms that they're working with. For our hosted service, we want to prioritize use cases where the end-user truly owns the data. We can also refer to legal precedent cases where many other companies make unofficial APIs.