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The material-independent-value condition limits how customers may embed Google Cloud services, preventing applications whose only purpose is to resell or wrap the Services without independent substance.
Customers may integrate GCP and Looker (original) Services into their own applications only if those applications carry material value beyond what the Services themselves provide.
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"Customer may...integrate the GCP Services and Looker (original) Services into any Customer Application that has material value independent of the ServicesExcerpt from Google Cloud's Terms
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The material-independent-value condition limits how customers may embed Google Cloud services, preventing applications whose only purpose is to resell or wrap the Services without independent substance.
Customers may integrate GCP and Looker (original) Services into their own applications only if those applications carry material value beyond what the Services themselves provide.
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