I've heard of such tactics referred to as the "polite Japanese no". It's a price so high that it will definitely be refused.
As an off topic side note: the most important thing I learned in my consultant years is you never say no. Instead, quote an outrageous price. What's the worst that can happen? They pay it.
Governments and organizations with close relations to power - for surveillance and influence operations.
Some default subs and moderator accounts probably constitute a billion dollar industry.
Wouldn't Apollo be able to? According to Reddit admins, they use 3.5x more requests per average user than their competitors. Optimize and add a user limit or tier subscriptions.
except their "biggest" competitor, the official app that makes hundreds of requests a minute.