- cross-posted to:
- mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
cross-posted from: https://feddit.it/post/3381833
Exciting news for who? Only the site owner is excited that a free resource now requires a subscription
“Yay! Now I have to pay another subscription! I’m so excited! Let’s celebrate with them!” - nobody
How the fuck are they “open”?
These guys and ClosedAI should be sued for misleading advertising.
Opensubtitles.com API is open and free. They are talking about Opensubtitles.org. People seem to really struggle when it comes to reading that 3rd sentence.
Open… for business!
Open is not a regulated term. Any company can call themselves open regardless of anything.
well the old api is deprecated.
what you’re paying here for is continued support of otherwise redundant part of the website, if you’re not willing to upgrade to the new one. The new API is free just like the old one
You know, it wouldn’t be as bad if they weren’t trying to make it look like a good thing that takes it from just bad to insulting
No it is, it’s very exciting, for their investors/owners i.e. the only people who matter obv
well the old api is deprecated.
what you’re paying here for is continued support of otherwise redundant part of the website, if you’re not willing to upgrade to the new one. The new API is free just like the old one
Is the new rest api free?
Yes
So I’m not super familiar with OpenSubtitles as an org.
Is the REST API a mostly viable alternative to the legacy API, or is it really shitty by comparison?