Has LinkedIn Made the Classic 'Jack of All Trades' Mistake?
While generally keeping all of the products in-house could be a good idea to improve control and focus, it seems that Linkedin hasn’t done enough to court enterprise customers.
Any social network must deal with the tension between groups that use, maintain or run the service. Whether it’s Snapchat cutting off developer access to its API, or YouTube struggling with users over creator contracts, there always seems to be some discord. Now it seems the discord in LinkedIn’s business model is starting to impact the site as a whole.
LinkedIn began cutting off access to its API, preferring instead to set itself up as the sole provider of enterprise solutions on the network.
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