I'm having a hard time parsing this because I don't understand what "****" is supposed to mean in "**** API". Is it a "shit API" or "crap API", indicating that the API has problems? Is it a "damn API", which just indicates that the author of the quote is annoyed but there's nothing wrong with the API itself?
I assume it's meant to be the first meaning, that the API is bad? But the censorship honestly makes me a bit unclear.
I have sympathies for your view; but sometimes it's funnier to fake censor things. Though that's more of an artistic choice for comedy, than something to do in a technical piece.
Compare https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CensoredForComed...
I appreciate the sentiment, but Christian Brauner is German, by heritage and residency.
If it was an article posting a censored version of a quote, that would be pretty normal. Some publications care about different audiences than the people they are quoting might.
Seems weird when you click through the link and it's the original social media post where the author censored himself. Just say "super poor" or something then.
4 star API
I'm not sure why people do this censoring; who are they trying to get into good relations with?
Either swear, or don't.