@HonzaS I understand there's no
@HonzaS I understand there's no guarantee from the users' perspective, but things like good reviews, quick response time, solid documentation, etc., are all positive signals. No one is being forced to set up their actors that way, but having the option to do so is valuable.
That said, I was just using that as a basic example to explain my point: from actors' developers perspective I believe we should offer free users enough convincing value while still encouraging them to subscribe.
From an actor developer’s perspective, it can be frustrating when you're using paid third-party APIs, and a free user comes in, scrapes 5K requests, and never returns(or when he does, he just creates a new Apify account again)
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multiple-amethyst•4w ago
Yeah, I understand the devs standpoint. But from the user's standpoint and from the Apify's standpoint I think it is better this way.
Because this way Apify will not need to deal with the complains from the "scammed" users that paid for the actor and the actor did not deliver. Now the user exactly knows what the actor does and he can make informed decision to rent it or not.
If you are using third-party API then I think you should consider pay per result/event model to be sure that you profit.