Other than just wanting to be able to copy other people's work as they often do all the time anyway, I'm not sure I understand major tech giants' argument as to why APIs would not be copyrightable. They are, if anything, much harder to make well than their implementations.
Another way to say it would be that if you don't think APIs should be protected, you similarly don't think competition between APIs is important. Because why would a company compete on APIs if they can't protect them?
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And if that's the case (as argued), then maybe that has something to do with why APIs are currently awful?
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