When Amazon launches an API everyone cries. Same story over and over. Even better example: TakeAway-Group. The perfect MITM.

Think it's context dependent whether it's a good or bad thing.

The owners of German supermarket and car companies are really the richest of the rich in Germany (okay and maybe the SAP guy on top). It would definitely be a net positive if someone manages to scrape and compare their prices.

In the restaurant market it's one player abusing many small players.

And honestly, I think the reason everyone cries when "Amazon launches an API" is because Amazon would not dare to piss off the German supermarket oligopoly.