Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Amazon Catching Hell For Controlling Its Own Data
Posted by Vincent Ferrari in "Apple Software (iPhone/iPod Touch)" @ 09:00 AM
"Delicious Library for iPhone isn't coming back as long as we're using Amazon's APIs, unless they decide to make an exception to section 4e."
Even by Shipley's own admission, it's Amazon's API and they have the right to control it any way they want. It's a shame they yanked an app that people like, but again, it's their right. I think in the end, the only thing it'll do is make developers less willing to use Amazon's APIs in the future for any projects, which won't really be helping Amazon.
Control comes at a price.