I know there's a difference between DVMs and APIs, but I haven't tried to articulate it yet. Some thoughts on my mind:

- DVMs are waiting to respond to your event. Sending a note to a relay vs hitting specific API endpoint with w/e auth and other requirements by that vendor

- payments are already taken care of vs. APIs often require KYC, various payment methods, etc.

- activity between DVMs is public (with an option to encrypt notes) while APIs are private. Being public means failures can be seen by others and replacement DVMs could step up to take over the task

… and I know I’m missing a few other good differences