How real is the new VKontakte API?

Question

API

For many years, rumors have been circulating on the net that VK is changing the design, but everything has remained the same. I caught fire with the question of whether it is possible to write an analog for the API.
Essence of the question:
1. Is it necessary at all?
2. Approximate cost of this project
3. Will our "Valorous bodies of justice" or VKers themselves block access?

Answer 1

1. Not everything is available via api web applications. For example, messages.
2. Are you looking for an artist or what? It all depends on the complexity.
3. First - for what? The latter may well cover access to api - I remember some aggregators covered it.

Answer 2

1. You decide.
2. I think not very much (you can even write it yourself, and it's easy).
3. If they close, then only VKashniki.
Of these projects, there is apidog.ru.
Messages can only be received by Standalone applications (messages.get), but you can simply get the token as a standalone application.