tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post847960892782985680..comments2024-01-15T13:17:33.771-08:00Comments on Geeking with Greg: Facebook and the perils of free APIsGreg Lindenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09216403000599463072noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-10973360113742767592007-07-12T22:08:00.000-07:002007-07-12T22:08:00.000-07:00Hmmm. While I certainly understand your point tha...Hmmm. While I certainly understand your point that there is a "risk" in taking a dependence on a free API, I seriously doubt facebook will start start charging for its use. They're already "charging" in a sense by monetizing the left skyscraper banner placement. And if anything, they've hinted that they're even looking for ways to rev-share that with app developers. <BR/><BR/>Also, as any budding face-trepreneur will attest, the opportunity to hyper-virally distribute an application to 30+ million users eclipses all other considerations. (risk of charging; greed of wanting to "own" your users). <BR/><BR/>Maybe one day they will charge, but by they'll only be able to once app developers are making a ton of money.arjunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11511877445451060740noreply@blogger.com