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Maybe I'm cynical, but talk is cheap. I remember when Facebook bought face.com. From the face.com blogpost announcing it: > "we love you guys, and the plan is

by objclxt 12y ago

Maybe I'm cynical, but talk is cheap. I remember when Facebook bought face.com. From the face.com blogpost announcing it: > "we love you guys, and the plan is to continue to support our developer community.” ...the API was shut down some time later. I would dispute the claim the developer community was supported as a result of that deal. A blog post saying the platform will remain open isn't a commitment, it's a vague, hand wavy promise.

jackpirate 12y ago
You may not trust the statement, but "open and entirely free for everyone" is neither vague nor hand wavy.
- richardwhiuk 12y ago
  For how long? What do you mean by open? What do you mean by entirely free - do you mean there will never be usage limits?
Karunamon 12y ago
The reason I don't think that will happen here is Wit's pricing model - it's completely gratis to use, with the proviso that your commands and associations are public. You cough up cash if want that to remain private. As long as new users are using Wit, Facebook continues to get value from the product. Closing it down wouldn't gain them much.
- deet 12y ago
  Wit sent this email to customers today: - If you have a paying subscription, you won’t be charged again and your instance(s) will remain private. - Your open instance(s) will remain open - If you have open instance(s) that you want to make private (for free), please wait for a few days until we roll out this feature. I'm a paying customer and had plans to pay them significantly more (I am building an app that will be released in a few months that will heavily rely on it). Personally I'd rather see it stay a paid service since I want an SLA and support. That said, Wit.ai is a great service, the team is friendly and responsive, and I congratulate them.
- btown 12y ago
  "The reason I don't think that will happen here is Google Reader's pricing model - it's completely gratis to use, with the proviso that your commands and associations are public... As long as new users are using Reader, Google continues to get value from the product. Closing it down wouldn't gain them much." Sarcasm aside, companies sometimes put such an emphasis on "focus" that commitments to users of their non-core products end up falling by the wayside.
k-mcgrady 12y ago
Not to mention Moves who promised your data would remain separate and then promptly changed the TOS to allow Facebook access to your data. I believe that was the last app update too.

by objclxt 12y ago

jackpirate 12y ago

You may not trust the statement, but "open and entirely free for everyone" is neither vague nor hand wavy.

richardwhiuk 12y ago
For how long? What do you mean by open? What do you mean by entirely free - do you mean there will never be usage limits?

Karunamon 12y ago

The reason I don't think that will happen here is Wit's pricing model - it's completely gratis to use, with the proviso that your commands and associations are public. You cough up cash if want that to remain private. As long as new users are using Wit, Facebook continues to get value from the product. Closing it down wouldn't gain them much.

deet 12y ago
Wit sent this email to customers today: - If you have a paying subscription, you won’t be charged again and your instance(s) will remain private. - Your open instance(s) will remain open - If you have open instance(s) that you want to make private (for free), please wait for a few days until we roll out this feature. I'm a paying customer and had plans to pay them significantly more (I am building an app that will be released in a few months that will heavily rely on it). Personally I'd rather see it stay a paid service since I want an SLA and support. That said, Wit.ai is a great service, the team is friendly and responsive, and I congratulate them.
btown 12y ago
"The reason I don't think that will happen here is Google Reader's pricing model - it's completely gratis to use, with the proviso that your commands and associations are public... As long as new users are using Reader, Google continues to get value from the product. Closing it down wouldn't gain them much." Sarcasm aside, companies sometimes put such an emphasis on "focus" that commitments to users of their non-core products end up falling by the wayside.

k-mcgrady 12y ago

Not to mention Moves who promised your data would remain separate and then promptly changed the TOS to allow Facebook access to your data. I believe that was the last app update too.