Hacker News: APIs for content sites must be free (readhacker.news)

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Well if you violate TOS then your API key gets revoked. If apps want access then they can play by the rules; I think that’s fair enough.

Now, what’s fair when it comes to ad placement is a whole other can of worms…

this post was submitted on 14 Jun 2023

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