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Re:Apollo will close down on June 30th by s1artibartfast on Thursday June 08, 2023 @03:25PM (#36247330)
>The alternative is he goes public

yes, that is the threat. Yes, it is also a business transaction. The two are not mutually exclusive.

black·mail:

demand money or another benefit from (someone) in return for not revealing compromising or damaging information about them.

Re:Apollo will close down on June 30th by aniforprez on Friday June 09, 2023 @12:32AM (#36253175)
Him going public with... what? The API pricing? This was discussed in similar calls with all third party app devs. The pricing was going to be public anyways