▲ 978 ▼ Exciting news! The free API you were using is no more free! (feddit.it) submitted 2 years ago* by Moonrise2473@feddit.it to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world 175 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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
[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (2 children) And yeah sure, server costs and all. OTOH, subtitle files are tiny, so there's only so much money you can ask for it realistically. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) I bet they can put all the subtitles of every movie and show in history on a single 10TB hard drive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Empyreus@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago And what does that matter? Millions of requests cost permalink fedilink source parent [–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago They ask for $15/year. Cheaper than Nintendo Switch Online permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) I bet they can put all the subtitles of every movie and show in history on a single 10TB hard drive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Empyreus@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago And what does that matter? Millions of requests cost permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Empyreus@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago And what does that matter? Millions of requests cost permalink fedilink source parent
[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago They ask for $15/year. Cheaper than Nintendo Switch Online permalink fedilink source parent
