@aaronpk The worst thing about NewsGator’s API, though, was that it was not just XML but SOAP. Ugh.

Syncing is often built on top of a REST API — but, still, I understand the distinction. Syncing also implies that I could do a thing in the client, not be able to reach the server, and queue that action and notify the server once it’s reachable again.

Syncing also implies a focus on efficiency, and this doesn’t always fit that well with a strict REST API, and may involve the need for things like sync tokens.