APIs for content sites must be free

Re:APIs for content sites must be free by agilecobol on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @04:17PM (#36331963)

100 requests per minute will be free. Can someone explain to me why this isn't enough?

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Re:APIs for content sites must be free by alecbz on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @04:22PM (#36332040)

100 requests per minute per what?

Like if there's a third party app built against the API, is it 100 rpm for each user of the app, or across the entire app's usage?

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Re:APIs for content sites must be free by agilecobol on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @04:30PM (#36332160)

I think it is time for some of those apps to invest into caching. Also APIs are not only about third-party applications. I can think of a dozen ideas for products build around the Reddit API without going over this limit.

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Re:APIs for content sites must be free by alecbz on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @05:26PM (#36332949)

> I think it is time for some of those apps to invest into caching.

Even ignoring staleness issues, storing a bunch of reddit's content for them is likely going to get expensive fast as well

> Also APIs are not only about third-party applications.

Yeah but aren't third-party apps mostly what people are upset about?

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