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TIL there is a paid API for google maps, I just assumed it was free to use. Seems pretty nickel-and-dimey.
by chadlavi 8y ago
TIL there is a paid API for google maps, I just assumed it was free to use. Seems pretty nickel-and-dimey.
- dokem 8y agoConsider, for a moment, how much value a company like Uber gets from the Google Maps API.
- chadlavi 8y agoCharging large partners like that makes sense, but the part that seems dumb is charging small businesses and startups at the same rate as behemoths like Uber.
- lucb1e 8y agoYou're being downvoted, but it's important that people read this comment. The vast majority of Google Maps users helpfully do everything Google asks of them, not realizing that they are contributing towards a monopoly that is definitely not free to use for anything other than personal use. Or might even find it fair that they can piggyback on other people's paid usage (see also: Dropbox).