They’re huge. I’m sure their toilet paper rolls are make of $16k bills
I used to worry that the biggest threat was them releasing an API.
I’ve since learned that they won’t do that because they charge monthly fees to their customers and when a customer doesn’t use their credits, the credits don’t roll over and Midjourney pockets the cash.
Based on your growth rate they'll have more toilet paper in the future though. It would be interesting to try to discover a way to coexist, and I wonder if everyone at Midjourney hates you with equal passion or if some are sympathetic or even see value.
I was really hoping to build out an amazing API product and when time came where they want to release one it would make more sense to acquire us. Alas.
Being a wise and thoughtful business owner, you already ran this concept by your own corporate attorney to get a written legal opinion before circumventing their TOS, right? ... No??
IMHO, stop calling yourself a Midjourney API of any kind and stop providing a service that uses Midjourney as a backend. You are not authorized to run Midjourney jobs using other people's account credentials; that's the TOS violation. Your lawyer will explain this to you.
I used to worry that the biggest threat was them releasing an API.
I’ve since learned that they won’t do that because they charge monthly fees to their customers and when a customer doesn’t use their credits, the credits don’t roll over and Midjourney pockets the cash.
Pay per use is bad for their business model.