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		lupire on March 12, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: How much to charge for an API call? Not the same thing at all. db queries are a computation service. S3 is literally renting storage, not an app.

malfist on March 12, 2024 [–]

Retrieving your data is absolutely a computation service too. And S3 is renting storage, but you also pay for retrievals as well as storage.

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