Are APIs Serving as a Means for a New Form of Monopoly?
No but there is a need for a market wide set of principles that providers abide by in order for there to be checks and balances.
It's too early to tell. Services such as SimpleGeo will continue to offer alternatives to the dominant providers.
Yes, it's apparent with Google's geolocation APIs and the Facebook social graph.
No way. It's not even a concern.
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