Figma, Reddit, X blocking AI access: devs say the API clampdown era is repeating with agents
GabGarrett · x · 2026-10-01
Developer Wes Bos notes platforms are systematically restricting AI access: Figma doesn't want MCP usage, Amazon resists shopping agents, Reddit blocks Claude from reading threads, and X stops ChatGPT from ingesting tweets. He argues this mirrors the API clampdown wave of roughly 8 years ago. Gabriel Garrett responds that all of these companies are simply wrong, framing platform-vs-agent data blocking as an escalating industry conflict.
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