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Why do people insist on developing for walled gardens? This basic story - arbitrary problems with the owner of a walled garden - has cropped up so many times o
by duncan_bayne 12y ago
Why do people insist on developing for walled gardens? This basic story - arbitrary problems with the owner of a walled garden - has cropped up so many times on Hacker News.
Walled gardens are morally wrong in proportion to the strength of their walls, and suffer from several very significant technical problems.
This sort of thing shouldn't be news to any HN reader.
- krapp 12y agoWalled gardens are where the users are, and where users are willing to spend money?
- duncan_bayne 12y agoSure. Then don't complain when it goes pear-shaped yet again. Obligatory: http://xkcd.com/743/ http://xkcd.com/743/
- Masat 12y agoThey can set the terms but they cannot break its own rules.
- duncan_bayne 12y agoThat's clearly untrue. They can set the terms, and that includes the ability to change the terms later. And even without explicitly changing the terms, it seems that they're happy to play it by ear.