API resellers are an unstoppable gray market, argues virushuo on AI restrictions
tinyfool · x · 2026-09-11
Blogger virushuo argues that API relay/reseller markets have become a hugely profitable gray market that, once formed, is nearly impossible to eliminate. Any attempt to block usage, distillation, or data access is fighting economic laws — citing the history of Prohibition as the lesson.
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