7. “You should expect that the platform
you’re building on top of to do
something that’s not in your interest,”
Wilson said. “If you’re going to stay on
top of that platform forever you might
wake up one day to find that the owner
of the platform is competing with you
and that sucks.”
http://gigaom.com/2011/06/07/fred-wilson-to-devs-expect-platform-owners-to-work-against-you/
9. Consumer Facing Pure Platform
Power Mashups Power Branded Apps
Started as an app Started as an platform
Platform as an extension ala Mark Suster Platform as a service
Giga-om on skype eating its youngTwitterGoogle shutting down APIsYahoo shopping APISApple with FlashHave them fly in – major companies
This problem is as old as public APIs - The bigger issue the better you are the more people want access to your data.
Pretty daming of API/Platform providers in general. Is it this confusing or dire?
Trick for houses with consumer apps – how to plan your product – clarity over where product is going versus flexibility to evolve
Trick for non-consumer – how to maintain enough value in your platform to sustain your business versus moving up the stack and competing with your devs