Personally, I'd rather bet on a start-up succeeding than bet against a publicly-traded corporation shutting down a not-as-profitable subsidiary/product. In the former case, I know that folks' livelyhoods are hanging on the line and they're going to try pretty damned hard to keep their business afloat, whereas I don't have any faith in Facebook keeping Parse around looking the way it does if it doesn't meet the right numbers.
Facebook Tells Parse Developers “No Plans To Change How App Data Is Used”
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#12> Meanwhile, to calm fears about Facebook spying on Parse developer data, the company issued the statement “We currently have no plans to make any changes to how Parse app data is used.” Keyword: currently So yeah, we all rag on Facebook pretty hard here. What I'm most interested in is, if the uptick in adoption for Parse is true, why do developers feel more comfortable now that Facebook owns the product/company? Giv…
"why do developers feel more comfortable now that Facebook owns the product/company?" This happens with the majority of acquisitions that, as soon as they are acquired they see an uptick in signups. The uptick would be more interesting if they announced it in a month’s time or in an even longer period of time. There are several reasons for this including, the perception of “X has acquired them and they’re a massive c…
I'll go even further to say that this can probably be attributed to the Facebook + Parse announcement being the first time many developers ever heard of Parse.
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#14Pretty sure we told the American Indians "we come in peace," too.
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#15Is this the same Facebook that would take a handoff approach to Instagram? The first comment is right, currently being the keyword.
How did Instagram change since the purchase by Facebook? (honest question, I don't use Instagram at all)
They dropped Twitter card support so you can no longer preview Instagram photos on twitter or inside the twitter apps.
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#16Same thing we were told with Instagram, basically.
Instagram really hasn't changed.
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#17Pretty sure we told the American Indians "we come in peace," too.
Wow, that comparison is a bit of an insensitive stretch.
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#18Uh, huh. Nothing will change...until it changes.
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#19pointless, what is FB supposed to say?
@OGinparadise says it right
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#20aka we haven't decided yet how to best squeeze all the juice.