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The problem I see with (1) is that it becomes a little bit too easy to regenerate public keys and circumvent free tier metering.
by simsla 1y ago
The problem I see with (1) is that it becomes a little bit too easy to regenerate public keys and circumvent free tier metering.
- actinium226 1y agoI guess that's easily addressed by requiring an account and a public key to access the free tier. Still better than having to get yet another API key.
- llbbdd 1y agoSame difference to most people and dead on arrival.
- actinium226 1y agoFor web dev, where, sadly, it's the norm to have about 13 different services for a website, it would greatly simplify having to herd 13 API keys around
- danscan 1y agoFor sure. Would likely need to be combined with another mechanism like IP rate limits
- remram 1y agoYeah that's not happening. In fact most services with free tiers still ask for a credit card number, and if not still ask for a lot of information. It is a marketing scheme after all.