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I must not be paying enough attention, because this doesn't make a lick of sense from Twitters side. If I had a company that was willing to host images instead
by unclebunkers 12y ago
I must not be paying enough attention, because this doesn't make a lick of sense from Twitters side. If I had a company that was willing to host images instead of me, at no cost to me, and no restrictions on me, I would be a barking mad idiot to disrupt this relationship. Unless I was about to sell...
- jmathai 12y agoI don't think it mentions anything about Twitpic as a service. It's only about the trademark. That being said it makes a lot of sense for Twitter want to control the user experience. The cost of hosting low resolution thumbnails can't be a pressing issue for Twitter. User experience and engagement on the other hand.... I'm not saying it's worth sabotaging relationships with 3rd party developers but there's a certain mindset in which this type of thinking makes a lot of sense.