> It looks like Google Maps team got a "get profitable or die" message from their superiors.
I agree. Google Maps managers are pressing sales team for Premium sales. And sales team destroys paying customer base as a result.
Quote from my conversation with Gregory: ==== We still have cost on our side. We have to run a business. There is whole a lot of overhead in that map... Especially in terms of keeping it up to date, keeping it accurate, keeping it at scale. So, 10 thousand dollars is the minimum we came up with. And you can argue it is not appropriate and fair. And I tell you very honestly - you won't be alone. But at the end of the day it is still $10K. ..... The big reason that we switches at the beginning of the year and started offering Standard and Premium plan was to cast a wider net. ====
I added partial transcript of the conversation to the original posting.
> What is your plan if OpenCageData deemed not reliable?
Then I find another geocoding provider. There should be many. OpenCageData is just one of the first I found with quick searching on Google.
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Date: 2016-06-25 02:55 am (UTC)I agree.
Google Maps managers are pressing sales team for Premium sales. And sales team destroys paying customer base as a result.
Quote from my conversation with Gregory:
====
We still have cost on our side. We have to run a business. There is whole a lot of overhead in that map... Especially in terms of keeping it up to date, keeping it accurate, keeping it at scale. So, 10 thousand dollars is the minimum we came up with.
And you can argue it is not appropriate and fair. And I tell you very honestly - you won't be alone. But at the end of the day it is still $10K.
.....
The big reason that we switches at the beginning of the year and started offering Standard and Premium plan was to cast a wider net.
====
I added partial transcript of the conversation to the original posting.
> What is your plan if OpenCageData deemed not reliable?
Then I find another geocoding provider. There should be many.
OpenCageData is just one of the first I found with quick searching on Google.