whelp, there it is

  • axibzllmbo@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    RIF have announced they will shut down on the 30th too. No word from BaconReader yet (my time wasting app of choice) but I’m guessing they’ll go down as well. Such a sad situation all round.

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      1 year ago

      The unfortunate underlying issue is the API pricing is by and large not sustainable. Even if a third-party application has not announced they cannot continue operations, the lack of announcement does not mean they plan to or continue. I can see the want of biding time and waiting in this circumstance, but ultimately I don’t see any third-party application staying active in an above-board manner if the API pricing is launched as is.

      Apollo, RIF, and Sync announcing they are shuttering adds additional pressure to the matter.