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by Vraxx 3813 days ago
I was thinking the exact same thing. To expand, if retailers get upset and try to work against this in any effective manner, doesn't that just put them out of business? It's like basing a business off another company's api without asking for permission or verifying that you're not violating ToS. They could just pull the plug on you at any moment. This seems like a very perilous business strategy..
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I think the hope is that the negative PR outweighs the "gain" from disabling access.

Disclaimer: I work for Refund Retriever, which has a similar business model.