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Not only is abandonment of the API possible, but hosts may restrict it on purpose, requiring paid access to use acessability/usability tools. For example, Redd

Not only is abandonment of the API possible, but hosts may restrict it on purpose, requiring paid access to use acessability/usability tools. For example, Reddit encouraged those tools to use the API, then once it gained traction, they began charging exorbitant fees effectively blocking every blocking such tools.

culi 11mo ago
That's a good point. Anyone who used the API properly were left with egg on their face and anyone who misused the site and just scraped HTML ended up unharmed
- ryandrake 11mo ago
  Web developers in general have a horrible track record with many notable "rug pulls" and "lol the old API is deprecated, use the new one" behaviors. I'm not surprised that people don't trust APIs.
  - dolmen 11mo ago
    This isn't about people.
    - KK7NIL 11mo ago
      APIs are always about people, they're an implicit contract. This is also why API design is largely the only difficult part of software design (there are tough technical challenges too sometimes, but they are much easier to plan for and contain).