Tag: api
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Strava and Our Data
Reading Time: 2 minutesA few weeks ago Strava decided that it would add AI functionality to it’s app. It is for this reason that I decided to restrict which apps talked with Strava. Now Strava is doing the reverse. It has blocked access to its API so that other apps cannot use its own data.…
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Application Programming Interfaces, Really Simple Syndication and the Open Protocols
Reading Time: 3 minutesTwitter and Reddit want to charge people to use their API despite already wanting people to pay them directly. Twitter decided to drive users away and make itself more expensive. As a result of this the website is imploding, rather than thriving. Yesterday I read that Reddit, too, wanted to charge users…