Hacker News Reader

I'm curious - how does a competitor's ToS prevent your company from doing anything?

The competitors don't allow you to benchmark their services, so while you can benchmark your own product you can't compare it to others. For example, from the Alchemy API:

YOU MAY NOT ACCESS THE SERVICES FOR PURPOSES OF MONITORING THEIR AVAILABILITY, PERFORMANCE OR FUNCTIONALITY, OR FOR ANY OTHER BENCHMARKING OR COMPETITIVE PURPOSES

Also this: "publish or perform any benchmark or performance tests or analysis relating to the Service or the use thereof without express authorization from AlchemyAPI;"

Suppose I am evaluating their service, before I decide to buy. I would be breaking these ToS, I guess.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com