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?
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