Meta cuts off third-party access to Facebook Groups, leaving developers and customers in disarray
Meta cuts off third-party access to Facebook Groups, leaving developers and customers in disarray
The recent surprise announcement that Meta will soon be shutting down its Facebook Groups API is throwing some businesses and social media marketers into
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Whatâs more, developers tell us that Metaâs motivation behind the APIâs shutdown is unclear. On the one hand, it could be that Facebook Groups donât generate ad revenue and the shutdown of the API will leave developers without a workaround. But Meta hasnât clarified if thatâs the case.
No, that's definitely it, you got it.
The promises of web 2.0 simply can't survive in the capital-poisioned wasteland the Internet has become.
I remember saying back in the early and mid-2000s that the world would be completely fucked if Big Corp ever figured out the Internet (remember all those cringe commercials and campaigns back then where they tried to meme/go viral/etc?). Turns out, it was true.
That's with every media. Printing started to share scientific knowledge and ended with advertising flyers. Phones started with contacting relatives and ended with telemarketing. TV ended in reality TV between the ads.
I mean, printing was originally for Bibles as long as we're getting nostalgic.