At the moment, R***** and their API are popular words on Lemmy. If I were tired of reading those two words, we have the technology to have them omitted or censored on our individual screens.
That other people have APIs doesn't matter. There's presently a business who's API is annoying news. The guy would rather block too much rather than not enough.
If u/Zosu is censoring *** then asking him if *** is the word he **** ** use ** ***** kinda pointless. So I'm ****** ** *** at it obliquely.