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I wonder how much of this backward compatibility is because of the Google Maps API? I'm not sure if these products use the API themselves, but even if they don'

I wonder how much of this backward compatibility is because of the Google Maps API? I'm not sure if these products use the API themselves, but even if they don't the discipline required to have and support an external API means you don't just break old URLs without consideration. There have been deprecations in the Maps API but not many, and each with long lead times.

cwmma 9y ago
The JS api is more of an SDK so it doesn't expose urls or anything and doesn't have all the features of the site. There are url endpoints but they are pretty limited and I'd highly doubt it's dog fooded.