minus-squarekungen@feddit.nutoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Did sites end up making money from API restrictions?linkfedilinkarrow-up71arrow-down1·1 day agoI don’t know all the numbers, but the point isn’t to make money from people paying for API access, but to force people to use their official applications – which meets their goals of farming more data/advertising money/engagement/whatever. linkfedilink
I don’t know all the numbers, but the point isn’t to make money from people paying for API access, but to force people to use their official applications – which meets their goals of farming more data/advertising money/engagement/whatever.