Exciting news! The free API you were using is no more free! - eviltoast

Exciting news for who? Only the site owner is excited that a free resource now requires a subscription

“Yay! Now I have to pay another subscription! I’m so excited! Let’s celebrate with them!” - nobody

  • Leg@lemmy.worldEnglish
    72·
    1 year ago

    For like a month. Then you need to be important and pay them.

    Edit: for the current/legacy API. The new API is free, but limited.

    • baldissara@lemmy.worldEnglish
      111·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, but the limit seems to be more than appropriate for most people anyway, so I think their pricing model is pretty reasonable

      • piexil@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        It’s also $12 a year ($15 normally).

        It’s a small price to pay to ensure everything on your Plex server has subtitles. Subtitling stuff and hosting it isn’t free.

          • BlueMagma@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            They host and serve the data which cost a lot of money, they are not charging for it they are asking for patronage for those who want to. vip doesn’t get you much apart from the feeling of participating (I’m vip). It’s not different from lemmy, instance hoster ask for patronage to cover the costs, even though the data is produced by users.

        • dotMonkey@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          Exactly. I’m all for hating on subscriptions, but this is more than a fair price. Just eat at home instead of buying out for one day a year and it pays for it lol