>Placing software behind paid API's... - Hello, MSN network. - Hello, closed memory-dump formats for Microsoft Office. - You don't play this niche audio/vide

>Placing software behind paid API's... - Hello, MSN network. - Hello, closed memory-dump formats for Microsoft Office. - You don't play this niche audio/video format? Install this new adware player, and now you will. Oh, enjoy this new adware toolbar. - Shareware/nagware. Enough said. - Software patents and codecs. MP3 encoder for streaming? Pay. MPEG encoder/decoder for a custom A/V project? Pay. And so on.