Has Amazon learned not to love APIs after all?

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by weel • 16 years ago

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devmonk• 16 years ago

I think they learned that giving away reviews was giving away free content, and wasn't helping drive more people to the Amazon site. Can't say that I blame them for pulling the plug on that.

cicloid2• 16 years ago

Giving away facts, good for business (IMDB, Prices, etc) Giving away subjective content, not good for business (Reviews)

nopassrecover• 16 years ago

Care to substantiate that? For instance, IMDB's facts are it's business, which is why some of those facts are reserved for paying members. Likewise, the fact Amazon has free public reviews is a big reason that people visit Amazon, just as the subjective blog posts of 37 Signals contribute significantly to their success.

devicenull• 16 years ago

I don't think I've ever seen this API used in a legitimate way. I frequently see "product review" sites that are nothing more then ads and amazon reviews. Seems like by removing it, they will effectively clean up a large amount of review spam, which is fine with me.

Has Amazon learned not to love APIs after all?

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