Futurist Jim Carroll

Read this post.

Shutting down the API isn't just about software. It also kills a lot of important critical infrastructure stuff.

Government, agencies, companies came to rely on the API to build digital infrastructure.

They will now come to realize that infrastructure is just going to go *poof*

https://mstdn.ca/@apukwa/109796269257118700

Scott M. :mstdn: (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Twitter's new policy will likely shut down thousands of #EMGTwitter emergency alerting and emergency management accounts. Every time you reduce the methods of communication in an emergency you risk human lives and property damage. --- RT @apukwa Will Environment Canada pay to maintain its 840 weather warning bots? Will Natural Resources Canada pay to maintain its automated Earthquake bots? Will NOAA pay to distribute it's Tsunami warning… https://twitter.com/apukwa/status/1621192299459018752

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Feb 3, 2023 at 1:42amWeb
Show threadjoe•iuculano Feb 3, 2023
@jimcarroll
Suggest to them they move to #Mastodon!
Show threadBuster McNuttFeb 3, 2023

@jimcarroll

So it was short-sighted to build infrastructure that depended on a potentially privately held company that could interrupt their service.