: DIY Social media buttons Vs. Ready built (e.g. AddThis) Is there any benefit from rolling-your-own set of social media 'like' buttons rather than using a pre-packaged widget, such as that provided

@Sue5673885

Out of the box services


may go out of business
their servers may go down
they may not be responsive when new social media sites appear and their widget doesn't include them
they may not be responsive when existing social media sites change their APIs in a way which breaks the widget
you have a lot more control over behaviour and appearance


Of course rolling-your-own may be a lot of work, particularly if you're the one changing your widget because someone changed their API.

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