Its been some time since xitter, reddit, and other sites began paywalling their API, causing third party integrations and apps to collapse.

I’m wondering, did any of these sites end up with paying customers for the API? Are there examples of third parties paying to continue their services? These sites sacrificed massive amounts of community and developer good will to privatize the internet - how did it work out for them long term?

  • AA5B@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    I do wonder if it was an accident though. He was s already well past the line of stock manipulation so maybe he listened to a lawyer for once and decided he had to follow through this time to stay out of jail. Of course, destroying twitter was all him

    • unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz
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      7 hours ago

      I wish I could make sense out of it either

      Like yeah, these characters like Musk are deeply venal and ethically impaired, and that’s just average in my experience

      we’re just gambling I guess