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Are you saying that the partner program takes time and not worth integrating ? I was planning to gather data of users via LinkedIn oauth, haven't started it, but happy to hear your experience

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It's more than time. That program requires explicit authorization from them. It's designed for larger corporate integrations, not developer experiments. I seriously I doubt I would get approved even if I went through all the paperwork. It's not just a matter of just signing up for an API key.

As for your plan, gathering user data is probably the main thing they want to prevent.

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