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I think this is a bad idea. It's hard enough to come up with a business plan that is successful for yourself, you can't possibly come up with one that will be s
by MatthewPhillips 14y ago
I think this is a bad idea. It's hard enough to come up with a business plan that is successful for yourself, you can't possibly come up with one that will be successful for all 3rd parties as well. Central Planning is never a good idea. In this particular instance you've set it up so that having users use 3rd party clients/services takes money away from you, disincentivizing you from treating 3rd parties well.
- dalton 14y agoIf this works, the idea of having no first party clients is on the table. I am having an open discussion to figure this out. I just hope people are constructive.
- MatthewPhillips 14y agoSo, in this scenario every user will be using a 3rd party client. This complicates things for a couple of reasons: 1) App.net's income per user is now 50% of the subscription price. You have to make that work financially for you. 2) The 3rd party's income per user is less than 50%. The most profitable 3rd party is going to be the client, so you've created a situation where interesting uses of the API that don't require user interaction are less profitable. I want your platform to be successful, but I don't think this will contribute to it. You're going to spend a lot of time policing 3rd parties' attempt at gaming the system, which means time your not spending making the platform better. This is a rabbit hole you don't want to fall into.
- dinkumthinkum 14y agoI think no first party client is incredibly confusing for people.