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Discord Is Threatening to Shutdown BotGhost

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139 points exists | 1 comments | 23 Jun 25 20:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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colesantiago ◴[23 Jun 25 20:46 UTC] No.44359902[source]▶
Repeat after me and frame this.

Never build your main business on somebody else's platform.

Always assume that you will get shutdown / rugged when you do so.

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like_any_other ◴[23 Jun 25 20:47 UTC] No.44359912[source]▶
Yeah, if you want to pump oil, you better also build your own railways to distribute it, because you won't like what Standard Oil will charge you for their trains.
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macspoofing ◴[23 Jun 25 21:06 UTC] No.44360094[source]▶
>Yeah, if you want to pump oil, you better also build your own railways to distribute it

You're being facetious, but OP is right. For software platforms, this has been a constant. It happened with Twitter, Facebook, Google (Search/Ads, Maps, Chat), Reddit, LinkedIn - basically ever major software platform started off with relatively open APIs that were then closed-off as it gained critical mass and focused on monetization.

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1. fnimick ◴[23 Jun 25 21:49 UTC] No.44360519[source]▶
You're hardly safe on operating system platforms either. Look at the long history of Apple sherlocking independent vendors.