What is the difference between your server running the query vs my server? Making an API doesn't stop the query from running in a server. You could say you are making an API by having it run on your server.
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There would be one less server involved that can track the data and at present my system arguably does not fall into needing to be GDPR compliant, for example.
The more data it processes, the more challenging that becomes. It's kind of a grey aware without lawyers!
Where is your website hosted then? You are not processing private information. It is publicly available data. You can't expect your activity to be hidden while visiting a website on the internet.
BTW I'm arguing against your argument. I'm not against adding new APIs. Just your reasoning doesn't make sense.
I personally am in England. The GDPR legislation is somewhat open to interpretation. It has been stated that processing any information that could be used to identify someone means that GDPR is activated - which could include even otherwise anonymous usernames. So whether or not GDPR applies is somewhat open to legal interpretation - it seems that different 'experts' view this differently.
In terms of overall privacy, it's just 'best practice' to minimise exposure of user behaviour as much as possible. Surveillance capitalism is one of the most profitable 'businesses' - especially for social networks - so a commitment to limit the amount of potential tracking that my server could do is an ideal goal. If that's not possible, then so be it.
Anyways. Feel free to share your queries that you want them to become APIs. Also for the example you gave we already have an API call from Hivesense https://api.syncad.com/?urls.primaryName=HiveSense#/
See the similar posts.
OK, I don't have any queries to share yet - but I will when I have some, thanks.
I knew that there was a plan to run a 'similar posts' query, but didn't know it was live. I just tested the API there and it didn't return the kind of results I'm looking for, so I will probably try coding my own version.