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I guess that's what happens. Either the big fish changes the api and screws you ... or they buy you.
Yeah, I am sure the "acquisition" discussion was interesting:

"Nice firehose feed you have there. It would be a shame if something were to happen to it..."

Can you imagine how uneasy the people at DataSift might be this morning as Twitter buys their only competitor?

I'd imagine it will be interesting when their license renewal to the Twitter firehouse comes up next time.