Nice post-mortem of a quirky bug. I think we're only going to be getting more problems as web services can change their APIs instantly, while iOS apps have a build-test-deploy cycle measured in weeks.
I think API versioning is important for this very reason. It's also important for developers to update their code to run on newer versions of the API so companies can drop support for the old API eventually.
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Nice post-mortem of a quirky bug. I think we're only going to be getting more problems as web services can change their APIs instantly, while iOS apps have a build-test-deploy cycle measured in weeks.
Don't get me started about Facebook
I think API versioning is important for this very reason. It's also important for developers to update their code to run on newer versions of the API so companies can drop support for the old API eventually.