2026-01-16 07:25:17

A major move is coming. A leading social platform suddenly announced a policy adjustment for enterprise-level APIs—abandoning potential revenue of millions of dollars and bluntly stating that this traffic belongs to AI spam.

According to official data, the pricing threshold for enterprise-level APIs is not low: starting at $42,000 per month, and depending on actual usage and customization needs, it can go above $210,000. For many high-frequency applications, this is a significant expense.

Projects like InfoFi that require frequent API calls for on-chain data are hit hardest. On one side is cost pressure, and on the other is the reshaping of the content ecosystem. Some are feeling despondent, while others are recalculating their books—who can survive this policy shift, and who can seize the opportunity to find new growth points, this is the real test.

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GasSavingMaster

· 7h ago

Haha, now the AI crawlers will have to find other places to eat. We've should have played like this a long time ago.

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SquidTeacher

· 7h ago

Haha, giving up millions of dollars just to cut AI spam traffic? This guy really dares. Basically, big platforms are tired of low-quality crawlers and would rather make less money than keep them around. Small projects like InfoFi are truly panicking, spending over $200,000 a month—who can withstand that? Only those who survive will be the winners. The elimination round has begun.

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LightningWallet

· 7h ago

This move is pretty aggressive, directly cutting off AI's livelihood. Speaking of which, projects that rely on APIs must be panicking...

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