Non usa mezzi termini Techcrunch per definire la ‘novità’ introdotta da Facebook:
Protection Racket On App Developers.

So how do you get into the Verified App category? You pay. $375. Well, you have to pass those tests, but then you pay. You can be so Meaningful people make religious pilgrimages to your office. So Trustworthy that your Wikipedia edits are never questioned. And so Well Designed that the Apple guys call you up for tips. But unless you pay that $375, you ain’t getting the badge.

And then you pay again. Each year. The Verified designation is good for just twelve months. There’s a word for this kind of system. I just can’t remember what it is. Oh yeah. Protection Racket.

It’s a beautiful model. And I have no problem with it, as long as we’re all willing to admit that it is what it is. I just wish Facebook put as much effort into launching their payments platform as they did on the new verification system. Because then app developers could start charging for apps like they do quite successfully on the iPhone, and make some of this money back.

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