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Platform Dependency Risks: What Indie Hackers Must Know

Mohit Rathore · Micro SaaS Bytes (Medium) Free Beginner

Written for small builders, this walks through real cases (Reddit, Twitter, and Meta API changes) where a pricing or policy shift gutted a business overnight. It is close to the ground and matches the scale most early founders operate at. Good for seeing the same pattern repeat across platforms.

  • API pricing changes can erase margins in one announcement.
  • Small builders feel platform shifts fastest and hardest.
  • Keep an exit route and an owned channel ready in advance.
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The question it answers

  1. My whole business is built on one platform's trend (like WhatsApp or an app store). How do I ride it without getting wiped out by a policy change?

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