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Summary by Krater

Tom Scott discusses the history and evolution of web APIs, from the optimistic era of Web 2.0 mashups like Yahoo Pipes and Google Maps to modern restrictive policies, using his dynamic YouTube video title script as a case study.

From the video

Answers: How do web APIs work and why are they becoming harder to use?

web APIs
Web 2.0 mashups
Yahoo Pipes
screen scraping vs APIs
social media API deprecations

What it concludes

Web services and APIs that are open and free today will eventually face restrictions, shutdowns, or technical updates that break existing integrations.
While the long-term goal of humanity should be to defeat entropy, simple and resilient systems often outlast dependent API integrations.

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