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TL;DR: don't build upon other companies APIs.
by Tichy 14y ago
TL;DR: don't build upon other companies APIs.
- wpietri 14y agoI disagree, at least for startups using infrastructure like this. A startup testing some sort of hypothesis about a product or a market should get it out in front of people as soon as possible, and that should include using things like this. If they shut down, they shut down. By that point, if you find some sort of product/market fit, you can always build your own face recognition, or switch to an alternate provider. If your product is a bust, then who cares if the API is gone? Either way, there's no sense in a startup spending time building anything until it becomes the very highest-value thing they can do. There should be too many novel, risky hypotheses to test to worry about testing the one like "our team can build an adequate facial recognition service."
- Tichy 14y agoPoint taken, if you have a plan B, why not.
- ansgri 14y agoWhat to do instead if that's API to an unique service?
- thechut 14y agoMy face.com app was simply a side project not something to make money on or even sell. They provided a good service for free, and made it way easier then other way of doing CV. If you were actually interested in this project space I'mnot sure why you would use anything other than face.com's API