Wheel of Lunch: Killed by Yelp after 15 years
The Wheel of Lunch, a dining recommendation service, has closed after 15 years due to the unaffordable cost of Yelp's API, marking a decline in non-commercial web services.
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The Wheel of Lunch, a dining recommendation service, has announced its closure after 15 years due to Yelp discontinuing free API services. The cost of Yelp's cheapest API plan is $230 per month, which the creator cannot afford. The Wheel of Lunch has operated as a labor of love, providing no financial return to the creator, who previously stopped running ads and has no intention of monetizing the service. The creator reflects on the Wheel's existence as part of a friendlier version of the internet that is increasingly being replaced by commercial interests. The closure of the Wheel of Lunch is seen as another loss in the ongoing decline of non-commercial web services.
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