clickbait aside, this seems like a myopic take on social media IMHO. i would like to rather contrast it with the notions of web3 and people wanting ownership o

clickbait aside, this seems like a myopic take on social media IMHO. i would like to rather contrast it with the notions of web3 and people wanting ownership of their content, or at least be able to use the platforms without ads or data harvesting. while the real argument in this post seems to be that the api should be priced "fairly", we need to recognize the limited revenue streams the site has been employing till now, including the meaningless awards. the underlying costs might be apple and oranges, but the ads till now have not been super-intrusive à la youtube with its upto 5-6 continuous ads, or more relatably 5 banner ads or autoplay videos like many publications. moreover, given the technically inclined audience here, we can all agree that they have not been fighting back adblockers on their web ui like twitch or news websites. i have no websites with major traffic or ever got blessed with the "HN effect" on my web infrastructure, but those who have can attest to the unaccounted costs of running a public site for free. so i find it ironic that the most backlash has been from this crowd, who also tend to be happy to pay for chatgpt plus for personal use at a monthly rate costlier* than prime and netflix combined.