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[-] _number8_@lemmy.world 159 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

API pricing is such a shitty obnoxious dogshit practice that is now of course becoming standard because of course it is. internet barely costs money come the fuck on make a quality product

It used to be a respected standard for developers and hosts to be somewhat open and friendly to 3rd party devs, because ultimately they're customers and they're helping recruit and retain customers, they should be treated with respect. just because it's innovative and disruptive to invent the machine gun doesn't mean it's good

[-] smitty825@lemmy.world 95 points 3 weeks ago

The internet (ie bandwidth) is cheap, but running servers, providing documentation and tech support all costs a decent amount of money.

However, treating an API as a profit center is a joke. These are literally companies developing software that makes the experience of owning a Tesla better. Making things unaffordable for those companies is putting short term profits over long term success of your product

[-] Gingernate@programming.dev 34 points 3 weeks ago

But 90k is nothing to Tesla, it's just a paywall to keep the third party devs put while being able to claim to be open

[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 5 points 3 weeks ago

while being able to claim to be open

Marketing is happy while dafdy gets to squeeze

Anyway, look at their actions, not their propaganda

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

just because it’s innovative and disruptive to invent the machine gun doesn’t mean it’s good

That's a great Maxim.

[-] WildPalmTree@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

I didn't think there would be a pun in there but, man, you found it! 👍

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Well, I am a Prodigy at that sort of thing!

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 10 points 3 weeks ago

I have the slightest bit of sympathy. So many companies got their shit scraped and fed into AI models. They lost out. They're afraid it will happen again.

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

They didn't lose anything, that's our data.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 3 weeks ago

I mean, I get your point, that's why I said "slightest". I'm basically just saying I understand their perspective.

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