Why does every REST testing software want me to login? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago by lorty@lemmy.ml to c/programming@lemmy.ml

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I just want to build requests and read the responses, why the hell does everyone suddenly want me to make an account?

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[-] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 38 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It seems that way with a lot of REST clients for whatever reason.

It starts off as what we all want - a simple rest client, maybe storing environments and requests

Then companies start building more features to try and create a whole community or ecosystem

They start asking for account creation. Then team creation to share with your team. Then an enterprise plan. Then they gimp the original features and paywall them.

Looking at you, Postman, Insomnia, Thunderclient

[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

The thing is, I kinda get it in a way. Like, having an account lets them offer so many more useful features, and over time they might just see it as not worth supporting two "types" of users, so they lean more on requiring an account.

Obviously, a lot of this is driven by execs trying to make their line go up, but even without that it does make sense to a point. Not that I agree with it at all, but I see how it would happen.