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Isn't $100 a pretty reasonable nominal fee to vet a company compared to what Google requires before granting access to security sensitive APIs? >To prevent a d
by GeekyBear 7y ago
Isn't $100 a pretty reasonable nominal fee to vet a company compared to what Google requires before granting access to security sensitive APIs?
>To prevent a data grabbing snafu along the lines of Facebook's Cambridge Analytica scandal, Google is asking developers who use sensitive Gmail APIs to pay for a security audit that proves their apps play by the rules.
And the cost – anywhere from $15,000 to $75,000 or more, every year – could put some smaller companies out of business.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/11/google_gmail_developer/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/11/google_gmail_develo...
- detaro 7y agoFull e-mail access is "slightly different" from an authentication provider, which everyone else allows to use for free. They made a privacy-friendly authentication provider and instead of making it easy to use for devs and hopefully getting its benefits for Apple customers in as many places as possible, they discourage its spread by making it the pretty much only paid option in the market.