DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoMazda’s DMCA takedown kills a hobbyist’s smart car API toolarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square119fedilinkarrow-up1747arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1738arrow-down1external-linkMazda’s DMCA takedown kills a hobbyist’s smart car API toolarstechnica.comDocMcStuffin@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square119fedilinkfile-text
Mazda is angry a customer used an API in a manner they couldn't control. You can read the DMCA takedown notice here.
minus-squareUglyhead@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up258·edit-29 months agoJust start charging exorbitant amounts of money for every API call; problem solved! —Spez (Also: Fuck Spez)
minus-squareDyskolos@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·9 months agoSadly it would end the same like with reddit or netflix: The loss due to the amount of pissed-off and leaving customers is obviously way less than the gain due to the ignorant or root-problem-agnostics. Makes me a sad panda…
Just start charging exorbitant amounts of money for every API call; problem solved! —Spez
(Also: Fuck Spez)
Sadly it would end the same like with reddit or netflix: The loss due to the amount of pissed-off and leaving customers is obviously way less than the gain due to the ignorant or root-problem-agnostics. Makes me a sad panda…