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I Just Paid For a Promotional Video And Twitter Effectively Killed My Service

12 points by bozho 14y ago

PhrosTT 14y ago
When Google Maps announced they were going to start charging it was exactly like getting AIDS. ...Maybe don't compare losing API access to being a Cancer patient. This isn't going to kill you, or financially bankrupt you, or destroy your family...
- jetti 14y ago
  Agreed. I think a better analogy would be comparing this situation to being a squatter and seeing a real estate agent sign in the yard of the house you've been squatting in. You realize that you only have a short amount of time to leech off the work of others before it is cut off.
  - marquis 14y ago
    >leech off the work of others That's an unfair assessment. In same cases perhaps, but the core issues is that Twitter et al offer certain types of access and then revoke it. If this developer had reverse-engineered their API and they closed the loophole, leeching would be a more relevant term.
    - vampirechicken 14y ago
      Twitter is a private service. You use it at their pleasure.
  - goatforce5 14y ago
    Except you weren't squatting because you were originally invited in (to use the API).
- bozho 14y ago
  I agree the metaphor is a bit excessive, but it was supposed to mean "knowing the imminent end of something". Of course, life is incomparable in value to a simple product, but that's what metaphors are about.
eslachance 14y ago
I personally can't fathom how I could live with a business model that depends on the TOS of other companies. I mean, sure there are markets for these kinds of things, but the risk associated with it scare me shitless.
jefe78 14y ago
I stopped reading at the cancer reference. What a joke.
- bozho 14y ago
  What a bigoted statement. So, metaphors should no longer be used? If I can afford to write this metaphor, having lost my brother 3 months ago, I don't really get it how people are so sensitive about metaphors, even if they are a bit too strong.
  - jefe78 14y ago
    I welcome metaphors but your use was...well, shit. You basically dropped the word cancer in there then moved on without fleshing out the thought. And just because you've lost someone doesn't make it less offensive. You're comparing your first world problems to a crippling illness. I might be bigoted but you're a petty child in my eyes.
    - bozho 14y ago
      Although I don't agree with this way of thinking, I acknowledge that some people may find a metaphor offensive. For that, I removed mine, but I hope people will start understanding when words are meant to be offensive and when it's just humour or metaphors.
smcguinness 14y ago
The video is good. Tried to find a site of who did it, but could only get a Vemeo page. Maybe you can get some supplemental income on creating them a site to sell their videos.
- uptown 14y ago
  Their site is linked from their Vimeo page: http://www.2dream-animation.com/ http://www.2dream-animation.com/
TomGullen 14y ago
This is the downside of building a product which is at the mercy of another companies service.

12 points by bozho 14y ago

When Google Maps announced they were going to start charging it was exactly like getting AIDS. ...Maybe don't compare losing API access to being a Cancer patient. This isn't going to kill you, or financially bankrupt you, or destroy your family...

jetti 14y ago
Agreed. I think a better analogy would be comparing this situation to being a squatter and seeing a real estate agent sign in the yard of the house you've been squatting in. You realize that you only have a short amount of time to leech off the work of others before it is cut off.
- marquis 14y ago
  >leech off the work of others That's an unfair assessment. In same cases perhaps, but the core issues is that Twitter et al offer certain types of access and then revoke it. If this developer had reverse-engineered their API and they closed the loophole, leeching would be a more relevant term.
  - vampirechicken 14y ago
    Twitter is a private service. You use it at their pleasure.
- goatforce5 14y ago
  Except you weren't squatting because you were originally invited in (to use the API).
bozho 14y ago
I agree the metaphor is a bit excessive, but it was supposed to mean "knowing the imminent end of something". Of course, life is incomparable in value to a simple product, but that's what metaphors are about.

eslachance 14y ago

I personally can't fathom how I could live with a business model that depends on the TOS of other companies. I mean, sure there are markets for these kinds of things, but the risk associated with it scare me shitless.

jefe78 14y ago

I stopped reading at the cancer reference. What a joke.

bozho 14y ago
What a bigoted statement. So, metaphors should no longer be used? If I can afford to write this metaphor, having lost my brother 3 months ago, I don't really get it how people are so sensitive about metaphors, even if they are a bit too strong.
- jefe78 14y ago
  I welcome metaphors but your use was...well, shit. You basically dropped the word cancer in there then moved on without fleshing out the thought. And just because you've lost someone doesn't make it less offensive. You're comparing your first world problems to a crippling illness. I might be bigoted but you're a petty child in my eyes.
  - bozho 14y ago
    Although I don't agree with this way of thinking, I acknowledge that some people may find a metaphor offensive. For that, I removed mine, but I hope people will start understanding when words are meant to be offensive and when it's just humour or metaphors.

smcguinness 14y ago

The video is good. Tried to find a site of who did it, but could only get a Vemeo page. Maybe you can get some supplemental income on creating them a site to sell their videos.

uptown 14y ago
Their site is linked from their Vimeo page: http://www.2dream-animation.com/ http://www.2dream-animation.com/

TomGullen 14y ago

This is the downside of building a product which is at the mercy of another companies service.