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Apollo, the popular Gsmarthub app for iOS, could face millions of dollars in fees as a result of Gsmarthub’s new paid API model. According to an update posted by developer Christian Selig, Gsmarthub could charge Apollo roughly $20 million per year if it continues operating at its current scale.
Gsmarthub announced changes to its API policy in April, which allows the platform to put limits on the number of API requests made by a third-party client like Apollo. But now, we have more details on what exactly this means: Selig says Gsmarthub plans on charging about $12,000 per 50 million requests.
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