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If you build a company around someone else's free API, you're either a high stakes gambler or a moron.
by JohnTHaller 14y ago
If you build a company around someone else's free API, you're either a high stakes gambler or a moron.
- bryanlarsen 14y agoOr out for a quick buck without any expectation to build a lasting business.
- mattdeboard 14y agoHow does this hold up when you're talking about web development, especially javascript-heavy or -only applications? You live and die by the browser API don't you?
- pessimizer 14y agoDon't develop for the quirks of any particular browser.
- mattdeboard 14y agoExcept for when the browsers implement standards differently, e.g. appcache, localstorage, etc.
- pavel_lishin 14y agoI didn't know that different browsers implemented those things differently, aside from the default and maximum amount of space given to localstorage.
- noinput 14y agojust like anyone who had apps using Tumblr's v1 API which they terminated quicker than anyone could hear about it's demise