Looking over your site, I'm curious about a few things:
- The FAQ says you'll eventually open source your SDK. I admire that as a software engineer, but from a business perspective, isn't this risky? It seems like--if you don't pass messages through an intermediary service--your value-add is mostly in this SDK + your design. All of these elements are copy-able.
- The jobs page includes a backend engineer, so what will go through your backend, if not any message data?
- Are there legal concerns about reverse-engineering these APIs and using them? Some of your supported chat services have open APIs, but others seem intentionally closed. (And a couple parent companies seem downright hostile to 3rd party use.)
- The FAQ says you'll eventually open source your SDK. I admire that as a software engineer, but from a business perspective, isn't this risky? It seems like--if you don't pass messages through an intermediary service--your value-add is mostly in this SDK + your design. All of these elements are copy-able. - The jobs page includes a backend engineer, so what will go through your backend, if not any message data?
- Are there legal concerns about reverse-engineering these APIs and using them? Some of your supported chat services have open APIs, but others seem intentionally closed. (And a couple parent companies seem downright hostile to 3rd party use.)