Agents are about to consume APIs at 1000x the rate of today's apps — across runtime AND the whole SDLC: CI machines, workloads, debugging, incident response, MCP servers.
The way we hand out API access wasn't built for that world. 🧵
The reason Gen Z spends comfortably on small luxuries like high-end coffee is that long-term milestones like buying a home feel entirely out of reach in this economy. So they prioritise immediate quality of life over distant financial milestones.