• Biorix@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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    1 year ago

    They have investors because they are not profitable, they still need to make money. YouTube is worth a lot of money but it’s still not profitable.

    They probably thought that could be their profitable business model.

    Its not crazy to charge for an API above an amount of request. What’s insane is the amount they choose to charge.