DISQUS

william · 1 year ago

Facebook forces developers to use a propitiatory language (fbhtml) to create there applications. Why dont they use an open source standard ?

It was not long ago that a developer would would think twice about porting there work to a closed propitiatory application (FB is not a platfrom, it is a silo)

What if FB changes the rules or the code for an application. Who loses then. The developers lose.

The FB developer application program can only be looked at for what it is; a way to enslave developers to innovate for them....and because the used a closed language and own the rules...FB can decide that the developers ideas is good and they can decide to do it on their own....leaving the developer with nothing for their innovation....Facebook will not use open standadrs because this would keep them honest....With an Open Standards program If FB decided to steal/kill off an application that developers had created...The application could live on and be easily ported to other applications....But FB will never do this....They are only in it to generate revenue on the backs of developers and members that are content creators