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Re:Farewell, Google Maps by Mariehane on Thursday July 19, 2018 @05:12PM (#17570326)
I wonder if this price hike has anything to do with the EU antitrust fine Google received recently.
Re:Farewell, Google Maps by CrlNvl on Thursday July 19, 2018 @05:17PM (#17570368)
No, the price hike was decided several months ago, see http://geoawesomeness.com/developers-up-in-arms-over-google-...
Re:Farewell, Google Maps by izacus on Thursday July 19, 2018 @05:16PM (#17570357)
The price increase was announced (and implemented) a few months ago.
Re:Farewell, Google Maps by equasar on Thursday July 19, 2018 @05:16PM (#17570348)
I'm pretty is a percent of the reason why they decided this absurd price increase.
Re:Farewell, Google Maps by Moru on Thursday July 19, 2018 @05:20PM (#17570390)
Thats ok, there are plenty of other ways to get a free map and analytics on your homepage. And the added benefit of not handing your users data over to google. Planned for first thing after the vacation.