Comments on: Verified Extortion http://mattmaroon.com/2009/05/21/verified-extortion/ Get Marooned Fri, 23 Mar 2012 20:15:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: joseph http://mattmaroon.com/2009/05/21/verified-extortion/#comment-19618 Fri, 22 May 2009 12:45:02 +0000 http://mattmaroon.com/2009/05/21/verified-extortion/#comment-19618 Seriously, it's the never-ending battle between companies with no business plan and their users. Personally, I don't think it's cool for business to impose costs on something that the user otherwise thought would be free together–it's lying. It changes the customer/business relationship entirely so it's no wonder developers are pissed.

]]> By: mattmaroon http://mattmaroon.com/2009/05/21/verified-extortion/#comment-19616 Thu, 21 May 2009 23:16:18 +0000 http://mattmaroon.com/2009/05/21/verified-extortion/#comment-19616 Welcome. A lot of people begrudge others the right to make a profit. I tried not to sound that way, since I don't. I want Facebook to make money so I can keep developing apps for them. I just want them to do it in a way that doesn't feel like a Mafia-style protection racket.

]]> By: mattmaroon http://mattmaroon.com/2009/05/21/verified-extortion/#comment-19615 Thu, 21 May 2009 23:13:54 +0000 http://mattmaroon.com/2009/05/21/verified-extortion/#comment-19615 By calling them extortionists?

]]> By: mattmaroon http://mattmaroon.com/2009/05/21/verified-extortion/#comment-19614 Thu, 21 May 2009 22:42:35 +0000 http://mattmaroon.com/2009/05/21/verified-extortion/#comment-19614 Welcome. A lot of people begrudge others the right to make a profit. I tried not to sound that way, since I don't. I want Facebook to make money so I can keep developing apps for them. I just want them to do it in a way that doesn't feel like a Mafia-style protection racket.

]]> By: mattmaroon http://mattmaroon.com/2009/05/21/verified-extortion/#comment-19613 Thu, 21 May 2009 22:40:06 +0000 http://mattmaroon.com/2009/05/21/verified-extortion/#comment-19613 By calling them extortionists?

]]> By: Wesley Walser http://mattmaroon.com/2009/05/21/verified-extortion/#comment-19612 Thu, 21 May 2009 19:23:51 +0000 http://mattmaroon.com/2009/05/21/verified-extortion/#comment-19612 I have never been to this site before, just found it on hacker news. This looks a lot like something that would come across reddit at some point except the person would explain how all of this was a complete outrage and flip out like his life had ended.

I just want to say that it's really refreshing to see someone explain very calmly why they were upset by something that a company did and then be understanding and reasonable about that companies reasons for doing what they did.

Thank you for being a sane person.

]]> By: Michael http://mattmaroon.com/2009/05/21/verified-extortion/#comment-19611 Thu, 21 May 2009 16:37:17 +0000 http://mattmaroon.com/2009/05/21/verified-extortion/#comment-19611 “It could be worse, they could be Apple.” — awesome

]]> By: Marcus http://mattmaroon.com/2009/05/21/verified-extortion/#comment-19610 Thu, 21 May 2009 16:03:12 +0000 http://mattmaroon.com/2009/05/21/verified-extortion/#comment-19610 You sound like you're hedging so they don't get too mad at you.

I hope that's not too rude to say, and how should I know if that's your motive, just saying it sounds like it.

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