@ BoxWorks this year, Jeff Lawson of Twilio fame touched on APIs and mentioned something along the lines of "A developer should never trust an API or expect an

@ BoxWorks this year, Jeff Lawson of Twilio fame touched on APIs and mentioned something along the lines of "A developer should never trust an API or expect anything of it if he's not paying for it. As long as you're not paying, you're just another developer to the API provider. The moment you fork over any cash, you're a customer." Mind, this is really crudely paraphrased, but the sentiment remains. This was immediately in the wake of Twitter's API changes last summer.