Comments on: It’s Official. Facebook Is Running A Protection Racket On App Developers

By: Tatil

Tatil — Sun, 31 May 2009 21:43:07 +0000

I think my films this scene of my life is immortal:)

By: The Far Edge » Blog Archive » Facebook Verified Apps Rolling Out Tomorrow (Update: Are Now Live)

Thu, 21 May 2009 17:39:14 +0000

[...] which has previously had issues separating the good applications from the bad. Developers pay a $375 annual fee to participate, and in return they’re given a badge meant to inspire user trust, as well as [...]

By: Facebook Verified Apps Rolling Out Tomorrow | TechTwist

Facebook Verified Apps Rolling Out Tomorrow | TechTwist — Wed, 20 May 2009 10:22:38 +0000

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Facebook Verified Apps Rolling Out Tomorrow — Wed, 20 May 2009 07:10:15 +0000

By: MySpace To Launch Featured Apps Directory Next Week - webolia | news for web geeks

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:01:12 +0000

[...] announced that it would charge a $375 fee for developers to apply – a fee that we likened to a protection racket. To make matters worse, Facebook is running behind on the program (which was supposed to launch [...]

By: Tech World » MySpace To Launch Featured Apps Directory Next Week

Tech World » MySpace To Launch Featured Apps Directory Next Week — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:55:19 +0000

By: Jonny Wynne

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 07:24:46 +0000

pride always comes before a fall, and as sites like facebook act arrogantly by imposing flat fees to people for maintaining apps, there are more and more social sites setting up daily, and somewhere along the line someone will have the good sense to stop the greed…its coming..and no doubt about it, facebook will fall in the end.

By: Facebook Developers Getting Antsy Over Verified Apps Program « I Am Rajendra - Watch The World With Me…..

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 06:47:57 +0000

[...] The details of the program were announced in November. Developers are charged $375 to apply to the program, and must continue to pay the fee each year. I called it a protection racket. [...]

By: Facebook Developers Getting Antsy Over Verified Apps Program

Facebook Developers Getting Antsy Over Verified Apps Program — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:40:47 +0000

[...] The details of the program were announced in November. Developers are charged $375 to apply to the program, and must continue to pay the fee each year. I called it a protection racket. [...]

By: Facebook hirdetések (és egy kis iWiW) - 2. rész at Rabbit | online media blog

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:26:28 +0000

[...] megkésett monetizálási próbálkozásként a Facebook 2008 november végén bevezette a Verified App Programot. Azok az alkalmazások, melyek megfelelnek a követelményeknek és fejlesztőik kifizetnek évente [...]

By: Facebook Application Verification program « Broadvision

Facebook Application Verification program « Broadvision — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:11:27 +0000

[...] in the Facebook developer community about this (and TechCruch rather amusingly described it a protection racket). There was already unhappiness about how the new site design has relegated developer-contributed [...]

By: Mark Suckerberg

Mark Suckerberg — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:53:22 +0000

Don’t they burn through $1.8M every, what, 47 seconds?

By: Mark Suckerberg

Mark Suckerberg — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:50:56 +0000

@sandra: “And they’re able to build and release applications without a formal review, something that is unique for a global Platform.”

That’s a ridiculous statement. The Windows API is a platform, and millions of developers have made billions of dollars (collectively) building apps for it without tithing to Microsoft for “formal review.” You guys are scrambling for ideas to wildfire burn rate and this isn’t one of your better ones.

By: Mark Suckerberg

Mark Suckerberg — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:22:48 +0000

Somebody could just open a dev account, pay $375, and rent the account to other devs at $1 a pop. That’s 375 “verified” apps for the price of one.

By: Socialsama » Blog Archive » Facebook’s new guidelines are not a racket unless toll roads are too

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:05:36 +0000

[...] characterized Facebook’s new developer guidelines as a racket. I am afraid that I just can’t agree here. I think it is actually a bit more like a toll [...]

By: Mark Frost

Mark Frost — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:10:04 +0000

Well, now I have to figure out how to cut $375 out of my yearly budget. It’s either going to be video games or my beanie baby addiction.

By: Pomysł na wykorzystanie API | Ganymede Corporate Blog

Pomysł na wykorzystanie API | Ganymede Corporate Blog — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:11:47 +0000

[...] pozyskiwać nowych użytkowników i dostają stosunkowo tanie narzędzia do brandingu. Według TechCruncha na samym Facebooku jest obecnie 48000 aplikacji. Jak się okazuje, API świetnie sprawdza się w [...]

By: Technology news - Techvibes Blog

Technology news - Techvibes Blog — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:49:23 +0000

[...] this an attempt at monetization beyond advertising? TechCrunch’s Arrington calls it a “protection racket” and includes a picture from The Godfather in his post. In my opinion, this is a reasonable move to [...]

By: Yasser

Yasser — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:37:53 +0000

A Dead horse pic woud’ve been apt, but kudos to Facebook, its good step forward to monetize some of the resources. The maths don’t add up, but it’s a good step nonetheless.

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By: Danielle

Danielle — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:35:02 +0000

rotfl. I wonder if that’s an app on facebook, too. “Post a horse’s head to your friend’s wall.”

By: Facebook Announces App Verification Program + A Revenue Model

Facebook Announces App Verification Program + A Revenue Model — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:36:35 +0000

[...] TechCrunch] Tags: App Verification Program, Facebook Email This [...]

By: LyQuSay Facebook App

LyQuSay Facebook App — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:14:10 +0000

OMG! $375 per year is kinda of steep for us common developers that aren’t VC-backed

By: iyanski

iyanski — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:42:23 +0000

add-on verification issue is just a leeway to monetize. i think they can just label add-on as verified or now and leave the disgression to the user if they still would install the add-on, but to the extent of removing the app if it doesn’t comply, it’s a bit harsh.

just my $0.02

By: popkitchen » Blog Archive » the end of (facebook) innocence

popkitchen » Blog Archive » the end of (facebook) innocence — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:47:22 +0000

[...] a “badge” guaranteeing that applications are “trust worthy, meaningful and well designed”. Tech Crunch called the USD375 annual fee “protection [...]

By: Michael Arrington

Michael Arrington — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:39:56 +0000

I’m glad i can amuse you.