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		uaygsfdbzf on Dec 21, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Reverse-engineering the Kayak app with mitmproxy How is using the API any different to using the website or app? Sounds like you need to move your access controls one layer down, into the API. If the app does rate limiting, the API should too/instead. Take the github approach and let open source devs write innovative apps based on your open API!

rdeboo on Dec 21, 2014 [–]

The difference is that Kayak is not able to show you ads if you use the API, so they generate less income from API usage compared to (web)app usage.

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