dylan ( @dylan@lemmy.ml ) to TechnologyEnglish · 3 years agoReddit insists on being “fairly paid” amid API price protest plans, layoffsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up169cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up169external-linkReddit insists on being “fairly paid” amid API price protest plans, layoffsarstechnica.com dylan ( @dylan@lemmy.ml ) to TechnologyEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square29linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
minus-square narc0tic_bird ( @narc0tic_bird@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·3 years agoAt $0.24 per 1,000 API calls, this must be the most inefficient backend code to ever exist if that’s “fair pricing” as opposed to ridiculous pricing.
minus-square Scrubbles ( @scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·3 years agono no, it’s the apps that are inefficient. I mean, I’m staring at my Lemmy instance and I’m pretty sure that the thousands of requests I’ve taken in have warranted… Nope, it’s cost me maybe a penny so far running it.
minus-square andrew ( @andrew@radiation.party ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-23 years agoTo be fair, Reddit operates on a much larger scale even for small subs Not playing devils advocate, but the burden of hosting lemmy is not comparable today
minus-square Scrubbles ( @scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·3 years agoTotally fair, massive databases, multiple levels of APIs, hooks, events, thousands of CPU cores and thousands of gigs of ram. I was being snarky. However, still doesn’t even come close to justifying that cost
minus-square andrew ( @andrew@radiation.party ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 years agonope, their pricing is ridiculous lol.
At $0.24 per 1,000 API calls, this must be the most inefficient backend code to ever exist if that’s “fair pricing” as opposed to ridiculous pricing.
no no, it’s the apps that are inefficient. I mean, I’m staring at my Lemmy instance and I’m pretty sure that the thousands of requests I’ve taken in have warranted…
Nope, it’s cost me maybe a penny so far running it.
To be fair, Reddit operates on a much larger scale even for small subs
Not playing devils advocate, but the burden of hosting lemmy is not comparable today
Totally fair, massive databases, multiple levels of APIs, hooks, events, thousands of CPU cores and thousands of gigs of ram. I was being snarky.
However, still doesn’t even come close to justifying that cost
nope, their pricing is ridiculous lol.