An interesting argument that API prices are going through the roof to combat or at least monetize the various "AI" projects hoovering up data in the absence of a meaningful legal framework.
https://appdot.net/@joshuafoust/110470729368921625
It seems to me that as the Internet shrinks and consolidates around a handful of apps and platforms that the owners of those things feel emboldened to extract as much cash as possible from their extended user base and to leverage API pricing and other tools to lock out rivals.
The era of open sharing and interfaces enabling third party clients is probably coming to an end.
We perhaps need to get behind platforms such as pinephone and ramp up support for that and get it mature enough then get behind other platforms one by one and bring all of them up to the same level over time.
