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Emotional? I have absolutely nothing invested in this, and I can objectively observe that Twitter are being dicks. Also, the apologist's response "it makes bus
by rickmb 14y ago
Emotional? I have absolutely nothing invested in this, and I can objectively observe that Twitter are being dicks.
Also, the apologist's response "it makes business sense" doesn't offset the fact that it is a dick move.
I find it odd and somewhat worrying that so many people seem adhere to the logic "if there's a business reason for it, it's okay". The way Twitter treats the ecosystem around Twitter is quite definitely not okay, no matter what the rationale behind it is.
- dasil003 14y agoWhy don't they have the right to control how third parties use their APIs? It costs money to maintain them after all, they can do what they want. I'm not saying it's smart. The level of legitimate FUD they're creating around their developer products is tantamount to sending Guido to kick down your door, point a meaty sausage finger one inch from the bridge of your nose and growl "Fuck You." Personally I think they would have more to gain by being a better citizen of the open web development community, but clearly they've decided that they can't run the risk of anyone else finding a way to extract more value out of their users than they can. Is that wrong because in the beginning we thought they were fluffy?