The Verge
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Strava blames zero-code AI apps and scrapers as it tightens API access
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Strava is restricting API access and requiring developers to pay $11.99/month, citing increased abuse from zero-code AI tools and scrapers that overload its systems.
Strava blames zero-code AI apps and scrapers as it tightens API access
The popular fitness-tracking platform, Strava, is restricting access to its API as part of efforts to clamp down on AI scraping, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. Developers who want to build an app using Strava's data now need to pay for a flat $11.99 / month subscription.
In an update on its developer hub, Strava blames the change on "zero-code AI tools" that allow users to quickly create apps that "hammer" APIs. "We have felt this firsthand - developer applications to our program are up 448%
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