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by emodendroket 4000 days ago
What benefit is there, really, to Twitter or Linkedin to allow other people to leverage their resources for free?
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michaelbuddy 4000 days ago
in my view, it's user growth. get more users consuming from your platform, then they can consume it across all their media and devices and on some of those transmission platforms or devices you can monetize.
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emodendroket 3999 days ago
Well, I presume that's why they offer an API, but does then allowing unlimited use outweigh the costs?
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