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Re:APIs for content sites must be free by malfist on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @02:30PM (#36330421)
If you read the article and not just the headline, the author is in favor of charging a cost based fee for API access. A fee that would cover hosting and serving the API, but not generate profit for the parent company benefiting from the 3P users' content.
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Re:APIs for content sites must be free by andersa on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @02:55PM (#36330818)
There would be no benefit to providing it, then.
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Re:APIs for content sites must be free by margalabargala on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @03:23PM (#36331198)
No first-order benefit, perhaps.

It shouldn't be difficult to look to second- and third-order benefits, though, such as increasing your user base and the amount of generated content.

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Re:APIs for content sites must be free by andersa on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @06:32PM (#36333727)
That makes sense.
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