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This clause effectively locks developers into exclusive use of Google Maps for any given feature, preventing them from hedging between mapping providers, negotiating better pricing, or switching vendors without rebuilding their application.
This agreement primarily affects developers and businesses who build applications using Google Maps APIs, rather than end consumers directly. For businesses, the data restriction clauses limit how map data and API outputs can be stored, processed, or combined with other datasets, which affects product architecture and analytics capabilities. End consumers of apps built on Maps Platform are indirectly affected because the terms shape what features and data integrations developers are permitted to build.
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This clause effectively locks developers into exclusive use of Google Maps for any given feature, preventing them from hedging between mapping providers, negotiating better pricing, or switching vendors without rebuilding their application.
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