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What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

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

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “Tom Scott made a wonderful video a while back about open APIs, and about how they (mostly) died out[0].”

    Tom Scott on how open APIs mostly died out

    Sophira, 2022-03 · Recommendation · in “Should you make an open API?”

  2. “Tom Scott made a wonderful video a while back about open APIs, and about how they (mostly) died out[0].”

    Tom Scott on how open APIs mostly died out

    iamahackerguy, 2022-03 · Recommendation · in “Should you make an open API?”

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Topics: tom scott, open apis, yahoo pipes, youtube api, platforms

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