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Convoluted TOS and "Open" APIs Will Be the Death of Us

15 pointsby jdrockalmost 14 years ago

2 comments

SoftwareMavenalmost 14 years ago
No matter how good my idea might be, I won't build on somebody else's platform (for more than a hobby project) until I'm treated as a partner. The cost of developing something and the risk of having access turned off with no legal recourse is too great.<p>It surprises me that investors would be willing to sink money into companies that are on such precarious footing.
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grogsalmost 14 years ago
Being able to pay instead of getting cut off would be a better than the current situation. Lots of devs are (and the ones that aren't should be) unwilling to build upon an API they don't control, or have an promises for.<p>Hopefully the prices will be reasonable - what ever reasonable is.