IFTTT Has Actually Been In Violation of Twitter’s API For Months

IFTTT Has Actually Been In Violation of Twitter’s API For Months(techcrunch.com)

34 points by x5315 13 years ago | 4 comments

gkoberger 13 years ago |

The point isn't if IFTTT violated the ToS. The point is that if IFTTT violates it, then the ToS needs to change.

Twitter succeeded because it was a dumb, open pipe that developers made awesome apps for. Twitter is now acting like they don't have developers to thank for their success.

batista 13 years ago | |

>Twitter succeeded because it was a dumb, open pipe that developers made awesome apps for. Twitter is now acting like they don't have developers to thank for their success.

Succeeded as in "they got lots of users". Not succeeded as in "they made lots of money".

Twitter mostly cares for the second, it's not a non profit service.

makmanalp 13 years ago |

Companies look the other way re: ToS violations all the time, when it benefits them. Then, when it threatens them, they take it all away. How is this surprising?

The larger discussion point here is what twitter stands to lose and gain by alienating integration.

kylemaxwell 13 years ago |

I was under the impression that IFTTT said months ago that they'd been in communication with Twitter and that they didn't have a problem with the old ToS. (I could be remembering incorrectly.)