Yes, MCPs are just APIs but with a few extra steps and I hope it (or something like it) persists for a long time into the future. If all you want from an Ai assistant is content they scrapped a year ago then you dont need these things, otherwise you need a way to get live data or to take real time actions.
API's, even simple JSON data requests from websites and services were becoming increasing blocked behind cloudflare or hidden as a paid feature, MPC has revived (some of) the open data standards of the internet.
API's, even simple JSON data requests from websites and services were becoming increasing blocked behind cloudflare or hidden as a paid feature, MPC has revived (some of) the open data standards of the internet.