TE
TechEcho
Home24h TopNewestBestAskShowJobs
GitHubTwitter
Home

TechEcho

A tech news platform built with Next.js, providing global tech news and discussions.

GitHubTwitter

Home

HomeNewestBestAskShowJobs

Resources

HackerNews APIOriginal HackerNewsNext.js

© 2025 TechEcho. All rights reserved.

Ask HN: Help us solve API Terms of service warnings readability

1 pointsby midhemabout 3 years ago
Can we use this API safely in the long term is a difficult question to answer in the Digital world we live in. Most of the time, companies discover that their API access has been revoked when users complain their app does not work anymore.(Twitter story) Or sometime breaking change occurs without notice (remember Facebook APIs?). Sometimes it is the pricing options or other clauses that actually can break your app (remember Google Maps Pricing change?) because you did not read in depth the API Terms of service, so you did not prepare.<p>We intend to build a framework making API Terms of service easily shareable and understandable, under the form of a creative commons pattern composed by siple logos and warnings. Feedback welcome!

no comments

no comments