[mpunaskar]

Thast why i would never rely on closed platform.

I will never waste my resource in build apps that solely rely on closed commercial entities like facebook, apple. If they choose to ban/block/delete you then all of your hard-work is gone in a second and will leave your users unhappy.

and this can happen to any of us

[Luyt]

Especially if your app was offering something that Facebook plans to launch itself if a few days. Basically you've been doing marketing research for them. When you're not longer needed, they kick you out.

[ryanisinallofus]

Is your site just future feature of Google? They provide us with 80% of our traffic and have launched features that directly compete with us.

It doesn't only happen on "closed" platforms.

[mpunaskar]

True, It can happen on any platform, but at least you will get time to improve your app + add new features + fight with biggies while they are trying to copy from you.

On facebook and Apple they will just kill your app in a day.

[ryanisinallofus]

Google could drop you from results, but yeah I get your point.

[rick888]

but you can still get people to your site through any means (not just Google). If you build a Facebook or Twitter app, and either of those companies compete with you, change their apis, ban you, your company is pretty much finished.

This is why I don't waste any time writing those kind of apps.