Yeah, GeoGuessr is an extreme example as Google basically did 95% of the work for them. Having to image large chunks of the world would mean a huge investment and I highly doubt GeoGuessr would even exist without Google Maps.
If Google would double their API pricing tomorrow there’s very little GeoGuessr can do except maybe switch to Apple Maps (they offer an API, not sure they offer one for their “street view” data though).
Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I mean they do require a subscription now to play GeoGuessr, so could be they are planning
SgtAStrawberry@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
From what I remember the subscription was added because Google raised the price of the API.