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https://web.archive.org/web/20210925071659/https://rapidapi.com/imgur/api/imgur-9/pricing https://web.archive.org/web/20210925071659/https://rapidapi.... was much cheaper just 2 years ago and he's been using it for at least 8 years... i imagine he was grandfathered in to an even earlier one/negotiated a deal. that's what sane api companies do... grandfather and don't pull the rug out in 30 days

riku_iki 3y ago
That page says if he doesn't fit into mega plan, it will cost him 50k per 50m reqs, or I am missing something?
- weaksauce 3y ago
  What i'm saying is that just 2 years ago someone who signed up at the mega plan was spending 6,000 less for the same service. apollo has been using that api for a lot longer than 2 years... unfortunately the wayback doesn't go further back than 2 years. it's entirely possible that he's getting 50m req at 160 bucks because he's grandfathered in a deal is a deal generally and if they do increase their pricing you have a long time to either find an alternative or agree to it. aside from that i don't think the $0.001/request thing is for anyone operating at a scale much larger than 150m per month. just the initial $4000 makes it $1333/50m requests... to go from that to 50k/50m is asinine as it would be 37x more expensive; you are doing a custom deal at that point. His initial api access at the highest tier may well have been $500/150m requests based on how much the api has shot up in price for new users in just two years.
  - riku_iki 3y ago
    so, current facts are: - imgur officially charges way more than reddit for API on the scale - your point is based solely on speculations and words of apollo dev, which I absolutely don't trust
    - weaksauce 3y ago
      > so, current facts are: > - imgur officially charges way more than reddit for API on the scale > your point is based solely on speculations no, we have a reasonable extrapolation based on a worldview based in how the world operates. "if you need more than this call for pricing" is a trope and i've never seen a thing go up in price per unit when you guarantee a certain amount of revenue per year. flex capacity and pricing is more expensive than guaranteed traffic. > and words of apollo dev which I absolutely don't trust he's been nothing but forthcoming and transparent from what i've seen whereas spuz has a history of doing shady shit.
      - riku_iki 3y ago
        > if you need more than this call for pricing" is a trope and i've never seen a thing go up in price per unit when you guarantee a certain amount of revenue per year it is all over the board: you give free doze at the beginning, and squeeze business when they rooted into your product > he's been nothing but forthcoming and transparent from what i've seen whereas spuz has a history of doing shady shit. in my view guy is total scam: - recorded business call without other party consent - on that call openly proposed to get $10m to go to sunset - when got rejected started wave in the internet with heavy manipulated numbers: * imgur API pricing * comparing Ads revenue from reddit MAU (majority do few visits per month) to his hyper active users with 250 reqs/d

riku_iki 3y ago

That page says if he doesn't fit into mega plan, it will cost him 50k per 50m reqs, or I am missing something?

weaksauce 3y ago
What i'm saying is that just 2 years ago someone who signed up at the mega plan was spending 6,000 less for the same service. apollo has been using that api for a lot longer than 2 years... unfortunately the wayback doesn't go further back than 2 years. it's entirely possible that he's getting 50m req at 160 bucks because he's grandfathered in a deal is a deal generally and if they do increase their pricing you have a long time to either find an alternative or agree to it. aside from that i don't think the $0.001/request thing is for anyone operating at a scale much larger than 150m per month. just the initial $4000 makes it $1333/50m requests... to go from that to 50k/50m is asinine as it would be 37x more expensive; you are doing a custom deal at that point. His initial api access at the highest tier may well have been $500/150m requests based on how much the api has shot up in price for new users in just two years.
- riku_iki 3y ago
  so, current facts are: - imgur officially charges way more than reddit for API on the scale - your point is based solely on speculations and words of apollo dev, which I absolutely don't trust
  - weaksauce 3y ago
    > so, current facts are: > - imgur officially charges way more than reddit for API on the scale > your point is based solely on speculations no, we have a reasonable extrapolation based on a worldview based in how the world operates. "if you need more than this call for pricing" is a trope and i've never seen a thing go up in price per unit when you guarantee a certain amount of revenue per year. flex capacity and pricing is more expensive than guaranteed traffic. > and words of apollo dev which I absolutely don't trust he's been nothing but forthcoming and transparent from what i've seen whereas spuz has a history of doing shady shit.
    - riku_iki 3y ago
      > if you need more than this call for pricing" is a trope and i've never seen a thing go up in price per unit when you guarantee a certain amount of revenue per year it is all over the board: you give free doze at the beginning, and squeeze business when they rooted into your product > he's been nothing but forthcoming and transparent from what i've seen whereas spuz has a history of doing shady shit. in my view guy is total scam: - recorded business call without other party consent - on that call openly proposed to get $10m to go to sunset - when got rejected started wave in the internet with heavy manipulated numbers: * imgur API pricing * comparing Ads revenue from reddit MAU (majority do few visits per month) to his hyper active users with 250 reqs/d