Spatial OS is not Google offering by any means. Google is simply huge investor in that company and those folks are using GCP as part of investment aggrement. It

Spatial OS is not Google offering by any means. Google is simply huge investor in that company and those folks are using GCP as part of investment aggrement. It’s a dumb move by them but it pays their bills for now. But you are correct. Taking dependency on Google services like maps, offers, product search and other APIs have previously bankrupted few folks. Also, as a user I avoid buying stuff like movies, music, storage space, photo storage etc because it could just disappear tomorrow.