APIs: The Building Blocks of the App Economy

[zeeshanm]

http://paidpost.nytimes.com/ca-technologies/apis-the-building-blocks-of-the-app-economy.html?emc=eta1&_r=0

[AMEDICALRe]

"paidpost.nytimes.com" AKA native advertising

[ume → AMEDICALRe]

In fairness, on site the itself it is pretty clearly highlighted as sponsored content.

Must admit that I was disappointed on clicking to find that it wasn't actual reporting.

[orliesaurus → ume]

same, i was hoping it would be something interesting :(

[aikah → AMEDICALRe]

As long as it is made clear it is sponsored content I don't mind. I find it more acceptable than ads from third party networks.

[AMEDICALRe → aikah]

to me the decision to write an article about a technical topic such as "APIs" shows a certain amount of importance given to technology by NYT. However once I read it as a sponsored article, it felt dishonest, as if the topic was not interesting enough to warrant "true" interest.

[aikah → AMEDICALRe]

I agree.

[marxshrugged]

The infinite scrolling fad needs to die.