I think you're right. API strategies are being reviewed because AI training data. That said... I think API policies are also vestiges of a defunct idea set tha

I think you're right. API strategies are being reviewed because AI training data. That said... I think API policies are also vestiges of a defunct idea set that prevailed circa 2009. At that time, "twitter is a protocol." APIs and openness were going to be the new worldwideweb. Social media was going to be an ecosystem of independent apps and services with complex interactions mitigated by protocols. YC even did an "rfs" recruiting startups to build off the twitter API. That didn't happen, but APIs intended to enable it were already in the wild. As API access becomes strategic again (because AI), "why do we even have this?" is likely to come up.