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Ask HN: We screwed up with the Google Maps API and now have a significant bill

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Re: Ask HN: We screwed up with the Google Maps API and now have a significant bill

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Post by jjeaff »

olivierduval wrote: post #13

It's sad for you and I hope that you will find a way to manage this problem with Google... However, I'm quite shocked when you write "when things were free, so I doubt anybody actually thought about abuse of the key at that time" It look like - for you - having something free mean having something you can use without any care! From my point of view, if someone give me something for nothing, I will thank and try to us…

He probably means that they didn't see much reason to carefully secure a key for a free service. After all, why would anyone steal a key for a completely free service?

Re: Ask HN: We screwed up with the Google Maps API and now have a significant bill

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Post by tcbasche »

plumeria wrote: post #20
tcbasche wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It could lead to an ... interesting user experience if different services had slightly different data

That's a good point.

But it’s certainly a concept worth exploring, if not for the sake of exploiting free tiers but maybe for maximum availability.

Re: Ask HN: We screwed up with the Google Maps API and now have a significant bill

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Post by Spooky23 »

olivierduval wrote: post #13

It's sad for you and I hope that you will find a way to manage this problem with Google... However, I'm quite shocked when you write "when things were free, so I doubt anybody actually thought about abuse of the key at that time" It look like - for you - having something free mean having something you can use without any care! From my point of view, if someone give me something for nothing, I will thank and try to us…

I don’t treat the credentials for hacker news with the same level of care that I provide for my Bitcoin wallet.

Re: Ask HN: We screwed up with the Google Maps API and now have a significant bill

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Post by spaceflunky »

griffoa wrote: post #26
spaceflunky wrote: post #23

I used to work on the Google Maps API. I can help. How can i get in touch with you?

Wow, that sounds great. You can reach me at email mlr@mm.st

Someone should have been in touch to help you. Sounds like they can help.
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