Problems with the changes include : 1. There is no way to prevent payments being made if the usage cap is reached. This could become very expensive if map pages get a spike in traffic. 2. Very short notice was given by Google (only 5 weeks) which makes changing to an alternative API very difficult.
While it's understandable that Google want to make commercial users pay for usage there is no consideration given for users who fall between non-profit or full commercial. Many have been using the API for years and have contributed with bug reports and feature suggestions over this time. These maps display on ad supported sites with relatively low income so getting billed is not a viable option. Google should reconsider these changes and offer a new ad supported system for using the Maps API in the same way that YouTube does. Commercial users would not want ads on their maps but other users would prefer that option to getting billed. I did try to post this on the original announcement page at https://mapsplatform.googleblog.com/2018/05/introducing-google-maps-platform.html but comments there are blocked. On Monday, 7 May 2018 16:03:36 UTC+2, Patrick HAOND wrote: > > Thanks Ralf for the answer. > I didn't reach the limits, by far, so that is why I didn't understand that > email. > > Le lundi 7 mai 2018 11:06:25 UTC+2, ralfwessels a écrit : >> >> Hi Patrick, >>> >> it depends if you are reaching the new limits ofGoogle Maps Platform. >> You'll find the new pricing table here: >> https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/pricing/sheet/ >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "[deprecated] Google Maps JavaScript API v3. Please use the latest post." group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to google-maps-js-api-v3+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to google-maps-js-api-v3@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
