The problem here is capitalism. You can fight it with high-minded ideals like free API access but that’s really just polishing the brass on the Titanic. UGC si

The problem here is capitalism. You can fight it with high-minded ideals like free API access but that’s really just polishing the brass on the Titanic. UGC sites need to be collectively owned by those who create the value or, in the very least, held in a nonprofit like Wikipedia is. Without such guardrails there will be constant pressure to extract more and more value from the users who create the value.