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X/Twitter has became extremely prohibitive with just about everything since Elon took over. Their API pricing was antagonistic toward even indie developers. Elo

by ivape 1y ago

X/Twitter has became extremely prohibitive with just about everything since Elon took over. Their API pricing was antagonistic toward even indie developers. Elon is not a generous guy.

newsbinator 1y ago
> Elon is not a generous guy Why would he be?
- ivape 1y ago
  It's kind of a "life arc" that gets fulfilled when you've done it all and have all the money in the world, and reach a certain age. It's a very traditional arc for a humane human being.
  - qeternity 1y ago
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    - ivape 1y ago
      That API was already reasonable before he took over Twitter. It was prohibitively priced afterward. You are making arguments out of things where there is objective proof otherwise. Anyways, I think he cut aid programs and fired a bunch of people too. That's a whole nother' matter though (I'll drop the whole holistic argument). For example the firehose/streaming API more or less require 5 grand a month, so off limits to a indie dev. Does he not even have solidarity with developers?
      - only-one1701 1y ago
        He’s not a developer and never really has been so why would he?
    - tehwebguy 1y ago
      lmao what?
      - deleted 1y ago
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    - Loughla 1y ago
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      - qeternity 1y ago
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    - notsosureja1 1y ago
      Says a lot about your character that this is the way you think.
      - qeternity 1y ago
        Ok. It's more revealing that the rest of you are so offended by the truth.
        ivape 1y ago
        The truth of what? Being an utter piece of shit?
  - thomasanders0n 1y ago
    He still has a couple decades to go with his companies I would say.
- reaperducer 1y ago
  > Elon is not a generous guy Why would he be? Why shouldn't he be? He has 10x more of everything in the world than he could ever possibly use in his lifetime. Greed is not a virtue.
  - MarcelOlsz 1y ago
    My uncle has 10x more of everything in the world than he could ever possibly use in his lifetime. A lake house, a main house, a few boats and cars. Elon is somewhere around 10,000x.
    - Barracoon 1y ago
      The median American net worth is $192,700. Elon’s net worth is $393.4 billion, so if I’m doing math right he’s about 204,000,000x more
      - deleted 1y ago
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      - MarcelOlsz 1y ago
        I think you might be an order of magnitude off.
  - threetonesun 1y ago
    When twitter became x they switched to basically the same limits Instagram has, I don't think this is a particular failing of Elons, even though he might have many. Restricting content from AI is the big messy debate we're going to see over and over for the next who knows how many years.
    - matthewdgreen 1y ago
      Twitter's strategy was to keep the platform very open and inviting, in order to make it relevant. This included having a relatively unrestricted API compared to other platforms. I don't know if this was successful or not. Ultimately they convinced someone to buy the platform for $44bn, so I guess you can say it was. That buy has locked the platform down more, and the new version certainly feels less culturally central and relevant than it used to.
- notsosureja1 1y ago
  Because it feels warm and fuzzy to be kind and empathic. Being hateful and greedy and letting avarice rule over your worldview is incredibly sad. But who am I to say.
- foobarchu 1y ago
  Maybe something to do with having built his fortune off the back of taxpayer subsidies?
djaychela 1y ago
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- larrled 1y ago
  To be fair, I think he thought he could save us. And that it mattered. A narcissistic and paranoid view which happens to be shared by most everyone.
  - djaychela 1y ago
    Can you expand on that?as written I can't make much sense of your comment. FTR I don't think he thought he could save us, I think he thought he could do cool stuff (space and EVs) and now says climate change isn't as bad as he used to think (despite mountains of evidence to the contrary).
    - deleted 1y ago
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    - colejohnson66 1y ago
      If you repeat your lies enough, you'll end up believing them yourself. Especially if you surround yourself with yes-men. It's entirely possible Musk genuinely believed he was a savior of humanity.
      - djaychela 1y ago
        I think there's a long way between what you're saying (which is true particularly as there seem to be a lot of thin skinned leaders of the tech industry) and ending up being responsible for teenage mental health crises, assisting genocide and destroying foreign aid. You don't hear this sort of stuff about ebays founder, for instance.
    - larrled 1y ago
      Normal people who have basic needs met will self actualize. Elon like most of us in the juseo-Christian/Hollywood West, sees himself as a potential messiah; Bruce Wayne or Tony stark or bono or something. A good thing that, what kendrick Lamar called “the anxiety of influence.” Should not the richest man want to save the world? Alas, a messiah complex is short lived in the public sector. Lazy narcissists belong in politics, crazy narcissists in industry. Elon is the latter.

by ivape 1y ago

X/Twitter has became extremely prohibitive with just about everything since Elon took over. Their API pricing was antagonistic toward even indie developers. Elon is not a generous guy.

newsbinator 1y ago

> Elon is not a generous guy Why would he be?

ivape 1y ago
It's kind of a "life arc" that gets fulfilled when you've done it all and have all the money in the world, and reach a certain age. It's a very traditional arc for a humane human being.
- qeternity 1y ago
  [flagged]
  - ivape 1y ago
    That API was already reasonable before he took over Twitter. It was prohibitively priced afterward. You are making arguments out of things where there is objective proof otherwise. Anyways, I think he cut aid programs and fired a bunch of people too. That's a whole nother' matter though (I'll drop the whole holistic argument). For example the firehose/streaming API more or less require 5 grand a month, so off limits to a indie dev. Does he not even have solidarity with developers?
    - only-one1701 1y ago
      He’s not a developer and never really has been so why would he?
  - tehwebguy 1y ago
    lmao what?
    - deleted 1y ago
      [deleted]
  - Loughla 1y ago
    [flagged]
    - qeternity 1y ago
      [flagged]
  - notsosureja1 1y ago
    Says a lot about your character that this is the way you think.
    - qeternity 1y ago
      Ok. It's more revealing that the rest of you are so offended by the truth.
      - ivape 1y ago
        The truth of what? Being an utter piece of shit?
- thomasanders0n 1y ago
  He still has a couple decades to go with his companies I would say.
reaperducer 1y ago
> Elon is not a generous guy Why would he be? Why shouldn't he be? He has 10x more of everything in the world than he could ever possibly use in his lifetime. Greed is not a virtue.
- MarcelOlsz 1y ago
  My uncle has 10x more of everything in the world than he could ever possibly use in his lifetime. A lake house, a main house, a few boats and cars. Elon is somewhere around 10,000x.
  - Barracoon 1y ago
    The median American net worth is $192,700. Elon’s net worth is $393.4 billion, so if I’m doing math right he’s about 204,000,000x more
    - deleted 1y ago
      [deleted]
    - MarcelOlsz 1y ago
      I think you might be an order of magnitude off.
- threetonesun 1y ago
  When twitter became x they switched to basically the same limits Instagram has, I don't think this is a particular failing of Elons, even though he might have many. Restricting content from AI is the big messy debate we're going to see over and over for the next who knows how many years.
  - matthewdgreen 1y ago
    Twitter's strategy was to keep the platform very open and inviting, in order to make it relevant. This included having a relatively unrestricted API compared to other platforms. I don't know if this was successful or not. Ultimately they convinced someone to buy the platform for $44bn, so I guess you can say it was. That buy has locked the platform down more, and the new version certainly feels less culturally central and relevant than it used to.
notsosureja1 1y ago
Because it feels warm and fuzzy to be kind and empathic. Being hateful and greedy and letting avarice rule over your worldview is incredibly sad. But who am I to say.
foobarchu 1y ago
Maybe something to do with having built his fortune off the back of taxpayer subsidies?

djaychela 1y ago

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larrled 1y ago
To be fair, I think he thought he could save us. And that it mattered. A narcissistic and paranoid view which happens to be shared by most everyone.
- djaychela 1y ago
  Can you expand on that?as written I can't make much sense of your comment. FTR I don't think he thought he could save us, I think he thought he could do cool stuff (space and EVs) and now says climate change isn't as bad as he used to think (despite mountains of evidence to the contrary).
  - deleted 1y ago
    [deleted]
  - colejohnson66 1y ago
    If you repeat your lies enough, you'll end up believing them yourself. Especially if you surround yourself with yes-men. It's entirely possible Musk genuinely believed he was a savior of humanity.
    - djaychela 1y ago
      I think there's a long way between what you're saying (which is true particularly as there seem to be a lot of thin skinned leaders of the tech industry) and ending up being responsible for teenage mental health crises, assisting genocide and destroying foreign aid. You don't hear this sort of stuff about ebays founder, for instance.
  - larrled 1y ago
    Normal people who have basic needs met will self actualize. Elon like most of us in the juseo-Christian/Hollywood West, sees himself as a potential messiah; Bruce Wayne or Tony stark or bono or something. A good thing that, what kendrick Lamar called “the anxiety of influence.” Should not the richest man want to save the world? Alas, a messiah complex is short lived in the public sector. Lazy narcissists belong in politics, crazy narcissists in industry. Elon is the latter.