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Re:Why should anyone ever use a Google API again? by qq66 on Friday May 27, 2011 @02:31PM (#2592542)
I think relying on a free API is the problem, not any API.

When you pay per request for access to an API, at a level that can make the provider as well as you profitable, you can have some comfort in the fact that if your provider goes down there will likely be a competitor to spring up in its place.

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Re:Why should anyone ever use a Google API again? by saraid216 on Friday May 27, 2011 @04:40PM (#2592989)
It depends on how much of your revenue is based off access to the API. Every moment without access is lost revenue; that can break a startup.

If your startup could survive if you switched off the API, then you're fine.

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Re:Why should anyone ever use a Google API again? by lurker19 on Saturday May 28, 2011 @08:00AM (#2594310)
As long as you are willing to wait 5 or 10 years for someone to replicate Google's R&D.
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