I could change my post to say the didn't make any money that way, but the point is the same. The problem is access to a user's content being at the mercy of rev

I could change my post to say the didn't make any money that way, but the point is the same. The problem is access to a user's content being at the mercy of revenue. An API from a single vendor that has to be paid for is not a type of open ecosystem and 2005 was not a magic time of possibilities that have since died.