They "recommend" people don't build businesses like TweetDeck, because they believe there isn't enough room. However, it seems to me that TweetDeck has done pretty well for itself.
It seems stronger than merely a "recommendation" to me. They flatly state that new apps may not replicate the mainstream Twitter experience. Existing developers are allowed to continue to "serve their customers" - but I think developing new product lines as TweetDeck is doing, is going to run afoul of the new API terms of service.
Unless they have a side agreement, I expect some sort of battle to arise from this.
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They "recommend" people don't build businesses like TweetDeck, because they believe there isn't enough room. However, it seems to me that TweetDeck has done pretty well for itself.
FTI - here's the Twitter developer group post:
http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/brow...
It seems stronger than merely a "recommendation" to me. They flatly state that new apps may not replicate the mainstream Twitter experience. Existing developers are allowed to continue to "serve their customers" - but I think developing new product lines as TweetDeck is doing, is going to run afoul of the new API terms of service.
Unless they have a side agreement, I expect some sort of battle to arise from this.
I guess the same can be said for Seesmic Web.