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So, apis with multiple non-browser native clients? Basically the current app model, but decoupling the owners of the client ant the api? I think it could work

So, apis with multiple non-browser native clients? Basically the current app model, but decoupling the owners of the client ant the api? I think it could work, but you'd probably have to mix ads directly into the return values for it to be at all profitable. Then again, if clients are one time download, and the owner of the api doesn't have to deliver 5-10 meg of JS every single time, you might be able to get away with less ads.

darepublic 6y ago
currently the web doesn't let you mix data from sites very easily. Like maybe I want to cross reference my google calendar with my bank spendings on a particular day or something. We also get stuck with crappy UIs all the time (often from banks in particular). Dunno about how ads would work if sites just provided data, but I can imagine an intermediate step where we have a tool that can real time scrape a site for only what we are interested in and discard the rest. Then present it to the user using custom real time presentation
- brokenmachine 6y ago
  I'd be happy with just no autoplaying videos and no messing with my scrollbars. Oh, and no popups or popunders.