Following 2012 IPO, Facebook considered, but rejected, charging devs $250K/year for API access, offering Tinder extended access to users' friends' data (Josh Constine/TechCrunch)

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Following 2012 IPO, Facebook considered, but rejected, charging devs $250K/year for API access, offering Tinder extended access to users' friends' data  —  Following a flopped IPO in 2012, Facebook desperately brainstormed new ways to earn money.  An employee of unknown rank sent …

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