Depends on your business model, how useful/unique the API is and many other things.
I would suggest making it free to get an API key and run a small number of queries (or a low rate limit). That allows devs to build against your API without needing to take out their credit card. Beyond that, I'd suggest something like $1 per thousand calls and add a bulk discount if your larger users are providing extra value to you.
I think it's important to consider the shift in home dynamics if someone is WFH vs in office. WFH gives a lot more flexibility to help out with house chores, childcare etc. In contrast, in office work removes this possibility which can be either a feature or a bug. Talking to a lot of old timey in office proponents, it sounds like many of them shifted housework/childcare to a partner and had a good time mostly because they weren't doing any of that work.
Do it! Don't tell them you drive SCCA though the judges will absolutely give you a hard time. My only advice is that passes don't matter in lemons. Stay out of the pits, drive clean laps, and have similar skill drivers and you'll be quick.
From what I understand it's all ego and ethics from him - the board is not stoked about the risk involved and the potential upside. I think Epic has something to gain by removing app store fees for medium sized games though - that would put money back in their pocket creating an opportunity to charge more for Unreal revshare.
They've been pushing hard recently to get people to use their ads platform, my bet is they're hoping to push "under-monetized" games to run a ton of ads in order to make any money. This kind of a pricing model forces games to think about ads and monetization from the beginning instead of building a large happy user base.
A year ago I would have agreed with you, but these days I love my electric mountain bike for a number of reasons. Biggest reason is it let's me choose how much effort to put in. On easy days I can do the same loop as harder days and just use a little more battery. If I'm running errands in the heat I don't have to be sweaty. It was also really useful when a friend crashed in the woods, enabling them to ride several miles back to the car (albeit slowly) without pedalling/walking.
I disagree a bit on both the classification and taxation fronts.
Classification should not be based on motorized/unmotorized, but rather on sustained kinetic energy as that would be correlated to damage caused in a crash. A small folding electric commuter bike may belong on a pedestrian path, but a tandem road bike might not. This is largely an edge case, but would play a larger role in separating EBikes from electric motorcycles.
Taxation should be based on infrastructure costs IMO. Unless we are building separate ebike lanes or repaving bike paths significantly more often I don't think it's fair to tax EBikes at a higher rate.
That's literally the entire point of VC funding. Folks love to talk about the network or advice VCs can give but the real value prop is the ability to operate at questionable/negative margins for longer than your competitors.
I work in a small company, but I've found that when I'm uncomfortable supporting one of the companies values to my direct reports that is powerful fuel to push the c-suite to change things. Of course, it took a lot of building trust to get there, and it is important to have some core of truly shared values, but I've found that work has payed off.