DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoMazda’s DMCA takedown kills a hobbyist’s smart car API toolarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square90linkfedilinkarrow-up1733file-text
arrow-up1733external-linkMazda’s DMCA takedown kills a hobbyist’s smart car API toolarstechnica.comDocMcStuffin@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square90linkfedilinkfile-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-up255·2 years agoJust start charging exorbitant amounts of money for every API call; problem solved! —Spez (Also: Fuck Spez)
minus-squareDyskolos@lemmy.zipBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 years 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…