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Tesla releases API pricing, dev says would cost $60 million per year to run his 3rd-party app (electrek.co)

submitted 1 day ago by cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] umbraroze@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

When Twitter (and Reddit) pulled this off, I was just mildly pissed. Can't do interesting things with my data, oh no.

...Image that, except it's an expensive luxury car you're no longer allowed to do interesting things with.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 60 points 6 hours ago (4 children)

stop buying tesla, stop supporting spacex, and stop buying starlink

[–] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 1 hour ago

SpaceX will be the only game in town once the new administration eviscerates nasa

[–] captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org 9 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

^^ this. In America the only vote that really matters is the one you do with your wallet.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 8 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

But what launch provider should I use then?

Boeing? No, I don't think so.

[–] hirage@lemmy.eco.br 24 points 6 hours ago

And stop using Xitter.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 19 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

There's no laws against profiteering?

[–] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 19 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Tesla is an American company, in Texas, at that.

It wouldn't matter if there were.

[–] Rookeh@startrek.website 92 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (6 children)

Something to note: Tesla has two vehicle APIs, the Fleet API for commercial accounts and the Owner API for individuals. This change currently only impacts the Fleet API.

If you are an individual owner who accesses your vehicle data from the Owner API (usually via a self hosted tool like TeslaMate), this does not affect you. Yet.

[–] modus@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not a developer, so excuse me if this is a dumb question. Is the API supplying data that is provided by the OBDII interface? Or is it more than that?

[–] Rookeh@startrek.website 11 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

There is most likely an overlap on what you can get from the OBD port, but generally speaking the API will provide more high level info e.g driving status, mileage, live location - and the OBD port will provide more low level data e.g. detailed battery stats from the BMS, energy usage, etc.

[–] modus@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

I see. Thanks.

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