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In a nutshell they have a monopoly and their fees for licensing are extortionate - and they won't even talk to you unless you're "very serious".
They crushed a startup I consulted with eight years or so ago by playing along and then vastly increasing their fees just prior to launch.
Also, their only API (I haven't checked but I doubt things have changed) is EDI.
So, they have important and valuable data that they don't like to license, and make hard to access when they do.
I don't think that something of such importance should be in the hands of a private entity.
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In a nutshell they have a monopoly and their fees for licensing are extortionate - and they won't even talk to you unless you're "very serious".
They crushed a startup I consulted with eight years or so ago by playing along and then vastly increasing their fees just prior to launch.
Also, their only API (I haven't checked but I doubt things have changed) is EDI.
So, they have important and valuable data that they don't like to license, and make hard to access when they do.
I don't think that something of such importance should be in the hands of a private entity.