Did you actually read that comment? I think the point is very clear -- given a reasonable price, people may would want to use the API instead of scaping the dat

Did you actually read that comment? I think the point is very clear -- given a reasonable price, people may would want to use the API instead of scaping the data themselves. If you instead ask for exorbitant amount of money, it only forces people to scrape, because there is no business model that would make it possible to pay.