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Why Open APIs Disappeared

Tom Scott · Explainer · 11 min · 2020 · YouTube title: This Video Has 77,321,815 Views
Why it's here

The go-to citation for why free, open APIs get shut down and for the fate of services like Yahoo Pipes.

What it covers

Tom Scott's video whose title shows its own live view count, and the story of how he made that work. It explains why open APIs were once common and why they largely disappeared.