[propman]

So Facebook copies every major app and service and then destroys its lifeline immediately killing the work of creators who innovated. Immediately after that Facebook copies the exact same service resulting in little risk, ingenuity and an almost certainty of success.

Sad truth is many great developers will trust them again because there’s a huge opportunity here but they’ll be smarter this time around. Don’t put all the eggs in the same basket and plan ahead a solid pivot when (not if) Facebook renegs.

[vezycash]

>they’ll be smarter this time around.

Nah. There's a fool born every second. Just 5% of developers actually follow tech news. The rest have allowed their jobs to take over their lives.

If people bothered to pay attention to the past, the world would be a much better place. Google, Apple, FB... wouldn't be this dominant because we would have learned from the recent past.

[JonathanMerklin]

Source on that 5% figure? Can't find it with a couple of quick searches.

[vezycash]

Made an estimate from my personal experience. Simply saying, "only a fraction of developers..." would be a weaker statement.

[lotsofpulp]

I consider more accurate statements to be stronger statements.