Twitter’s Acquisition, Chirp & Managing Developer Relationships
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 10, 2010
And aside from having great market power (the main reason for Twitter to own the client and the customer) advertising is one of the primary reasons that I believe Twitter needs to own the client applications. As people consume Twitter on mobile clients they are almost definitionally not doing so on Twitter.com.
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