Has the rise of APIs changed retail trading more than zero brokerage did?

Ten years ago, retail traders wanted lower brokerage.
Today, many are willing to pay for better APIs.
Did the biggest disruption come from ₹0 brokerage… or from giving retail traders institutional-grade tools?

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But I think the SEBI’s classification of algo trading is flawed because even a simple algo has been brought under algo trading. I think this has also contributed to the rise.

for eg : even simple iceberg orders in Z is also considered as an algo trade;

So for a person who is trading above the freeze quantity, he would simply contribute to algo trade whereas there is no real algo

just a personal opinion