alt Hacker NewsThere are tons of blog posts where folks work out the API cost of their usage and find it well above subscription cost.
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charcircuit • last Tuesday at 10:03 PM
There is a difference between making less profit and losing money. Comparing to API cost can only show the former.
That doesn't mean the company is losing money in aggregate on these subscriptions. Buffets are still in business even though some people gorge themselves silly at them. The incremental cost may exceed the incremental revenue for a particular person or minority group, but that's not how these businesses measure profitability.