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Read the article carefully. This was a non-Google plug-in using a private Google API that was then shutdown when Google stopped using it. This impacted users
by smackfu 14y ago
Read the article carefully. This was a non-Google plug-in using a private Google API that was then shutdown when Google stopped using it. This impacted users of the plug-in. This has nothing to do with Google, really.
- RyanMcGreal 14y agoWhat I took from the article is that it was a bad idea for the API client to let errors pass over in silence.
- brokentone 14y agoWell, there is silence at one level, and the next level reports a success (lack of spelling error).
- chickopozo 14y agoThey used a hacky method from the old IE Toolbar. That's like me scraping a website and blaming them when they change it.