This same reasoning could be expanded to include using any product from any company. There is always a chance that a component will be discontinued, priced out,

This same reasoning could be expanded to include using any product from any company. There is always a chance that a component will be discontinued, priced out, etc. Definitely need to analyze risk vs reward when using another companies product. However, in my opinion, a free API represents a substantially increased risk unless that free API constitutes a major portion of the business. For example, using an Azure API is probably fairly safe while using an API to gather data on FPS Multiplayer Game X match stats may not be.