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Enshitification hits Postman. POSTMAN! (community.postman.com)

submitted 9 months ago by HowManyNimons to c/tech

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I'm a bit late to the party here because I haven't needed Postman for a while, but how is it okay that now we have to LOG IN TO POSTMAN and send our API requests to them for them to store on their own cloud?

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[+] usefulthings -16 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I don't have a problem with storing my collections in the cloud behind a login anymore than I do have my company email hosted. It makes my tests accessible anywhere without having to resort to a different file sharing service like Dropbox or Drive.

[–] HowManyNimons 6 points 9 months ago

Wouldn't it be nice to have the option to keep all that shit local though? Like there used to be?

Here's what I want to know: if the point is to make money, why do they need all my requests to MUST live on their server? How does that help them? There must be an answer and I want no part of it.

[–] Rooki 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

That is meant for hobby devs. At work i can understand that, because if the works test data gets stolen (by possible data leak or exploit) who cares. But it is Postman just digs itself a grave with that, piece by piece.

[–] cactusupyourbutt 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

my work banned it recently because it now requires the cloud

[–] Rooki 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah there are some companies that think about the risks of everything in the "cloud" ( or rather said, someone elses computer )

[–] GombeenSysadmin 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Are you using an alternative? Also which company, can I come play?

[–] cactusupyourbutt 1 points 9 months ago

some google chrome plugin lol

[–] HowManyNimons 2 points 9 months ago

...or Git? Where your source code is?