Dan GillmorJan 18, 2023
The Twitter API lockout of third-party apps is only the latest reminder of centralization's most important rule: The platform owner has the right to capriciously wreck the businesses of people who accepted the platform's invitation to run a business on the platform.
Show threadZJan 18, 2023

@dangillmor this is why I don't understand people already planning on building businesses based on ChatGPT. I friggin love that stuff, it's evolutionary in my book, etc., it's not even that I don't trust OpenAI.

But relying on another business for yours to work is a staggering liability.

Show threadCassandrich
@smicur @dangillmor They're not planning businesses. They're planning exits. That's how startups and VC work.
Jan 18, 2023 at 5:40amWeb
Show threadZJan 18, 2023

@dalias @dangillmor wow, fair point, never thought about it that way.

Also sounds surprisingly more depressing this way, but oh well.

Show threadPēteris KrišjānisJan 18, 2023
@smicur @dalias @dangillmor it is depressing but it is true. This is how smart people coax money from people who don't know any better.
Show threadZJan 18, 2023

@peteriskrisjanis @dalias @dangillmor for the record, I don't mind it too much. If people around me were smarter than me, I'd starve to death as a software developer.

I mean, to some extent, they *are* smarter than me, but I can code I guess

Show threadPēteris KrišjānisJan 18, 2023
@smicur @dalias @dangillmor "If people around me were smarter than me, I'd starve to death as a software developer." this is sad state of things tbh. I have long avoided such tasks, but I completely understand people earning money that way.
Show threadZJan 18, 2023

@peteriskrisjanis @dalias @dangillmor I think it's sad only if the larger picture, which is capital-based economy is sad. Which is a stance I can totally accept, but I've come to terms by 30 with it.

To an extent.