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Sync had an awesome redesign of their app recently but ruined it by embedding ads into it. Some of the ads are even animated when reading the comments. As a result, I don't feel bad for the developer of Sync - they had it coming really.
That's a poor assessment as you're expecting pro features for nothing. Their decision to include adverts does not make them deserving of this.
It's definitely a gamble building your business on top of another, much larger company's product. It's called platform risk, and while every company has it to some degree, if your business is solely dependent on a third party especially one that doesn't have (much) skin in the game (your game, not theirs), that risk becomes existential for your business. I've seen it before where a company builds something cool, only…
And no, I don’t feel bad for the workers because they can (and still have time to) unionize and stop the madness.
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That's a poor assessment as you're expecting pro features for nothing. Their decision to include adverts does not make them deserving of this.
And they shouldn't expect any public API even at a fair rate. No other platform does it at this point.
It's definitely a gamble building your business on top of another, much larger company's product. It's called platform risk, and while every company has it to some degree, if your business is solely dependent on a third party especially one that doesn't have (much) skin in the game (your game, not theirs), that risk becomes existential for your business. I've seen it before where a company builds something cool, only…
Sync had an awesome redesign of their app recently but ruined it by embedding ads into it. Some of the ads are even animated when reading the comments. As a result, I don't feel bad for the developer of Sync - they had it coming really.
That's a poor assessment as you're expecting pro features for nothing. Their decision to include adverts does not make them deserving of this.
It's definitely a gamble building your business on top of another, much larger company's product. It's called platform risk, and while every company has it to some degree, if your business is solely dependent on a third party especially one that doesn't have (much) skin in the game (your game, not theirs), that risk becomes existential for your business. I've seen it before where a company builds something cool, only…
Is Sync a business?