Dan GillmorThe 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.
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If anyone says to you
"this platform X is the only place to be! You absolutely 'have' to be on there if you want to get noticed."
The decision, at that moment, is critical. Live with the devil or keep some independence.
But 'never' blame the devil if you do a deal with them.