Ask HN: Is it wise to build products on twitters API?

[samwise]

I'm currently developing a heap of little apps on twitters platform and just as i finish one i get an idea for another.

Then i started thinking. Is it wise to dedicate so much time and resources into developing someone else's product. What's to stop twitter from replicating your product or limiting access to their API?

What do you guys think?

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[nfnaaron]

totlol's experience may influence your answer: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1019360

I guess it depends on a) whether products you build can stand on their own and are just augmented with twitter integration, combined with b) who you think will eventually buy twitter.

[samwise]

seems to be a trend, thanks for the link