> "a signal that I should worry about about building off other APIs and not the Twitter API."
Call me crazy, but hasn't this always been the case? Relying on an API out of your control is fine if you're running a website, but if you have a business and you rely on the Twitter's and the Facebook's of the world to keep you going then it's only a matter of time.
In the beginning this was not the signal being sent out to developers, so I will call you crazy :)
I understand the risks. Hell, I'm even taking them with my own project, but I always hoped if you add value to the API owner and that they created the API to give more value to their users why would they company cut you off?
As in all business there are risks. No company have every parameter under control. Building a business off other companies API is one of those risk variables I'm willing to take.
However, Twitter is quite clearly telling us that it's not a risk worth taking anymore.
Call me crazy, but hasn't this always been the case? Relying on an API out of your control is fine if you're running a website, but if you have a business and you rely on the Twitter's and the Facebook's of the world to keep you going then it's only a matter of time.