MCP servers criticized as new grift wrapping scripts in paywalled APIs
jasonkneen · x · 2026-08-24
A controversial new business model is emerging within the MCP (Model Context Protocol) ecosystem: developers are wrapping the Bash scripts required for a skill to function into an API, making the skill dependent on that specific API, and then selling access via subscription. Critics argue this is essentially a grift that repackages basic scripts into "exclusive services" for profit, highlighting potential profiteering in the MCP landscape.
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