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charliesdad

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charliesdad··on Ask HN: How Much Reliance on 3rd Party Tech Is Too Much?
If they pull the API we would be scrambling to find an alternate solution. Likewise, if they 10x the price our business metrics would be turned upside down. So that is a massive risk.
charliesdad··on Ask HN: How Much Reliance on 3rd Party Tech Is Too Much?
The API could theoretically be replicated - its not based on proprietary data from the provider - but it would be a resource intensive effort to do so. And would involve an ongoing to hill climb to match its performance.