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0 pointssimsla7mo ago0 comments

The problem I see with (1) is that it becomes a little bit too easy to regenerate public keys and circumvent free tier metering.

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actinium2267mo ago

I guess that's easily addressed by requiring an account and a public key to access the free tier. Still better than having to get yet another API key.

llbbdd7mo ago

Same difference to most people and dead on arrival.

actinium2267mo ago

For web dev, where, sadly, it's the norm to have about 13 different services for a website, it would greatly simplify having to herd 13 API keys around

remram7mo ago

Yeah that's not happening. In fact most services with free tiers still ask for a credit card number, and if not still ask for a lot of information. It is a marketing scheme after all.

danscan7mo ago

For sure. Would likely need to be combined with another mechanism like IP rate limits

hirsin7mo ago

I assure you it's far too easy to get as many ip addresses as you want if your interest is in avoiding rate limits.

danscan7mo ago

Valid

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actinium2267mo ago

I guess that's easily addressed by requiring an account and a public key to access the free tier. Still better than having to get yet another API key.

llbbdd7mo ago

Same difference to most people and dead on arrival.

actinium2267mo ago

For web dev, where, sadly, it's the norm to have about 13 different services for a website, it would greatly simplify having to herd 13 API keys around

remram7mo ago

Yeah that's not happening. In fact most services with free tiers still ask for a credit card number, and if not still ask for a lot of information. It is a marketing scheme after all.

danscan7mo ago

For sure. Would likely need to be combined with another mechanism like IP rate limits

hirsin7mo ago

I assure you it's far too easy to get as many ip addresses as you want if your interest is in avoiding rate limits.

danscan7mo ago

Valid

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