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I don't care anymore. I am now in the process of removing Google Maps from every system we run because of their screwing over their users and their devs. I have
by RobertRoberts 8y ago
I don't care anymore. I am now in the process of removing Google Maps from every system we run because of their screwing over their users and their devs. I have thousands of dollars of time to spend ahead of me because of the changes to Google Maps this past month alone.
I get it, it's expensive to run maps, it's not free. But this is multiple-times burned by these guys. So the threshold of toleration is lower with Google than other businesses/services.
Nothing free from Google is ever going on anymore of my sites or software unless it is setup with an alternative already in place so when they do _anything_ ridiculous, they can be dropped instantly. But as of right now, the plan is a complete purge of Google.
- stevenwoo 8y agoWhat are you switching to for web and mobile users for maps?
- nevi-me 8y agoI'm doing what the parent post is doing, switching to OpenMapTiles which I'll be running on my own. Still using Google maps on Android because it's free and doesn't generate enough volume to cost me much. I too take caution with Google APIs after the maps price hike. I've also abandoned Twitter API after their streaming API shutdown
- RobertRoberts 8y agoI actually don't want to advocate a specific map software right now, as we are likely to switch between multiple systems until we find one we like. OpenStreetMaps ( https://www.openstreetmap.org https://www.openstreetmap.org ) is the data source for most other mapping systems though. Suffice to say, I am setting it up so that it can be more easily replaced if need be.