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I feel for the developers of Twitter applications - especially those that made a living from it - but it does show once again that relying on walled gardens is a recipe for disaster.

But for some reason, people never seem to want to learn this lesson.

Aral Balkan

@thomholwerda Because initially they have the potential to make some good money.

And because, sadly, there aren’t many alternatives where independent/small orgs can actually make a living without pitching their tent to some trillion-dollar corporation or other.

Because capitalism.