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It looks like Dataminr has had a different experience than Meerkat when building businesses off access to others' APIs. I also think this is interesting in tha
by jgalt212 12y ago
It looks like Dataminr has had a different experience than Meerkat when building businesses off access to others' APIs.
I also think this is interesting in that an ecosystem company, Dataminr, has raised just as much money as the company that created the ecosystem (Twitter). Of course, this is a bit of stretch in that Dataminr is more than just interpreting tweets.
- falcolas 12y agoDataminr also uses the Twitter API very differently from Meerkat. I believe when you depend on another company's API, you have to think very hard about what value you provide them, either monetarily or otherwise. If you're not providing value, what incentive do they have to keep providing you with access?
- jgalt212 12y agoThat's pretty sensible rule of thumb, but even safer one would be not build any products around other service's API unless you are explicitly paying them money for access.