In a debate with John Gruber of Daring Fireball, who says Twitter is effectively telling developers to “drop dead,” Anil Dash argued that the company’s restrictions aren’t that different from what Apple has done with its app store and developer community. But unlike Twitter, Apple had a successful and attractive platform that developers were clamoring for access to — the platform Twitter is now trying to monetize would not have achieved much of its value if it wasn’t for the developers it is now spurning. Will it have the same value if they leave?
Not only that, but Apple’s focus has also always been on users and the user experience, and its requirements for developers — however Draconian they seemed – have stemmed from that impulse. Twitter wants to portray its changes and restrictions in the same way, but it is a much harder argument to buy. It feels as though the company’s need to justify its $8-billion market value is taking precedence over everything else, and developers — and users — are getting caught in the crossfire.
Un profesor de la UC, Eduardo Arriagada, comparte sus conversaciones sobre los medios, los espacios sociales y el futuro de las buenas redacciones periodísticas. También lo encuentras en Twitter como @earriagada, escribe una columna los jueves en el Diario El Día para promover la participación en espacios sociales y administra el blog: www.blogsuc.cl.
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