Bad companies start getting really obsessive about being the only ones who end up profiting through their platform. They view another company getting traffic and making even a little money through their platform in the same backwards way that music executives consider pirated albums to be lost sales.
They always end up lashing out at the wrong people - in this case smart developers who are giving them free promotion and creating value for their users.
It's sad because Twitter had by far the best platform to build innovative software off of, but now I wouldn't touch Twitter's API with a 10 foot pole. There's too much risk that I'll spend lots of time putting something together and then getting shut down.
The worst part about it is that spammers still easily use the Twitter API but legitimate software gets rate limited or shut down. It's really sad given the potential that Twitter had.
They always end up lashing out at the wrong people - in this case smart developers who are giving them free promotion and creating value for their users.
It's sad because Twitter had by far the best platform to build innovative software off of, but now I wouldn't touch Twitter's API with a 10 foot pole. There's too much risk that I'll spend lots of time putting something together and then getting shut down.
The worst part about it is that spammers still easily use the Twitter API but legitimate software gets rate limited or shut down. It's really sad given the potential that Twitter had.