There are a couple of Indian apps[0] trying to replicate Tiktok functionality. Many of them saw a surge in usage after Tiktok got banned. Not sure about the current numbers though.
The issue there was collection of massive amounts of public data by Facebook. Open data APIs can be used to build nice things, if the data isn't user information.
The difference is that if you choose to go to any URL, you can (not considering device capability and support; flash etc) from any of your devices. And what you pay to go to one website is the same amount that you pay to go to a different website as long as you use the same amount of data. Data rates being different across networks is a different issue.
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With all due respect, being somewhat of a privacy and security freak (although I use social networks etc.), all I can read while going through the article is a crybaby whining about how it is harder than before to get user data.
The article makes an assumption that the warrants and the snooping is only done in legal and genuine cases, which has been continuously been proved wrong lately. Not to mention all the secret courts, FISA orders etc
One morning, we woke up to see Google Analytics sending us data from an external site. When we opened that link, it turned out to be a clone of our website.
They had crawled the entire site (which was designed by our partners) and replaced the logos and text. The GA code was still there.
Thanks for pointing out the issues and the valuable feedback. We didn't expect such a great response and hit the throttling limits on our APIs. We are addressing these issues.
I love how security expert Bruce Schneier (https://www.schneier.com) has implemented it. This also gives you an ability to see how popular an article is (based on the sharing numbers) if you want, which is another purpose these widgets serve.
That's a valid concern. I'm not asking to go with a totally unheard-of outfit, but we can take a call depending on the particular use case. For instance, as a note-taking app I've stuck with Evernote for 2+ years now, and I don't see a reason to switch to Google Keep. I love the single-sign-on and all the auto-integration goodies that come as a part of Google suite, but that is not what you are always looking for.
[0] https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/social/mitron-c...