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Re:Why Use OpenStreetMap Instead of Google Maps? by tristanho on Saturday July 14, 2018 @06:47PM (#17532803)
> The latest change (June 2018) has much more impact : Google decided to reduce the limit of free requests (25000 map display per day to 28000 per month - that's around 1000 map display per day, so 25 times less)

IMO the biggest takeaway from this article. I've hacked up plenty of projects on using Google Maps, but would definitely think again with this much lower free limit. Though, on the bright side, it seems that Google has finally made Maps pricing transparent:

https://mapsplatformtransition.withgoogle.com/calculator

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Re:Why Use OpenStreetMap Instead of Google Maps? by Qwertie on Saturday July 14, 2018 @07:12PM (#17532881)
Around a similar time Mapbox also made their pricing much cheaper for lower usage users.
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Re:Why Use OpenStreetMap Instead of Google Maps? by mtmail on Saturday July 14, 2018 @09:04PM (#17533267)
Current Mapbox pricing came into effect July/2017.
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Re:Why Use OpenStreetMap Instead of Google Maps? by Qwertie on Sunday July 15, 2018 @03:48AM (#17534246)
Ah yeah I say similar time because I don't check it too often but the pricing used to be: free, $500/month, and "contact us"
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Re:Why Use OpenStreetMap Instead of Google Maps? by Jiri_Komarek on Monday July 16, 2018 @12:11PM (#17542426)
Not Mapbox, but MapTiler Cloud lowered the price recently - https://www.maptiler.com/cloud/plans/
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