and if API is not published, and you MITM with self-compromised CAs, and then use it (commercially?) you ~100% breaking ToS.
this is just un-ethical. or YC does not have regard anymore for such things?
what kind of moral gray areas you are walking in? how is this not clear?
theft and crime was for thousands of years. and the fact that there were horrific multi-million legal cases. this is why we have curts and legal system and ToS and Copyright laws. so people who break the law (or contracts like ToS protected by law) get reprecautions. FAFO.
"interoperability" is never the case in the agreements.
it is very stupid decision from business perspective. and unless legally required (like in agriculture or something, "right to repair"), no sane business will provide this to their customers.
I will concede your observation that often businesses act unethically if it means they get more money.
But, ethics doesn't mean "obey the ToS", it means structure the ToS such that the ToS itself is ethical. In my opinion (which is equal in value to yours), banning interoperability in a ToS is even less ethical than violating such an unethical ToS.
For a clue as to why that is, ask why "right to repair" exists as a concept. What are the ethical principles underlying "right to repair"? After all: like you say, companies could make more money by forbidding it in their ToS (and have).
There is nothing unethical about this. You can technically do this with a browser and its dev tools.
You being here is far more unethical than this app.
how am I being far more un-ethical again?
did I develop an AI tool to massively assit people breaking ToS and Copyright? (which is legaly punishable)
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