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Old 04-03-2025, 12:13 PM  
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also this goes to show how much their products are dependant on their servers to function.

client of mines sites are non functional now, even the front end of the theme, because it relies on their servers to render html content.

if a 3rd party company goes away, it shouldnt mean that your sites go un-usable.

you would think using one of their themes wouldnt require so much load and backend to render html.

even the import plugin doesnt contact pornhubs api directly, it requires a call to wpscript servers to perform the lookup, again needing their servers to be up for it to work.

mechbunny for example, calls the apis directly, not needing mechbunny server at all (same for the cam script they call the chat api directly)

the only time i ever did this for a product is in my social media fetcher, only because it requires a custom backend to provide download funcionality for over 20 different types of social media which uses api keys which cant be exposed.

even my redgifs plugin calls the redgifs server directly, not needing any other connections.

when buying a product, always make sure to find out if it relies on a 3rd party for connections at all.
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