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Because money. End-user interfaces can be served ads, are intrinsically rate limited, and are often the main money source. APIs make no ad revenue, can easily
by preommr 2y ago
Because money.
End-user interfaces can be served ads, are intrinsically rate limited, and are often the main money source.
APIs make no ad revenue, can easily rack up expensive server costs, and are often a single third-party service that offer services to the rest of the customer base (bonus points for making you look bad if they implement a feature better).
- necovek 2y agoIt's trivial to insert ads into an API response. The fact that people don't is simply because we were never really API-first. But it's also why ad-blockers generally work.