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The clause establishes Google's unilateral right to alter API functionality and service terms without requiring user consent in advance. The operational significance is that the service terms and API capabilities are not fixed contractual commitments but subject to modification at Google's discretion.
Users who continue using the Maps API after notification of changes are bound by the modified terms and any API modifications, regardless of whether those changes affect their use case or business model. Users must actively cease service use to avoid acceptance of changes.
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We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make changes that we believe will materially affect your rights or obligations, we will notify you by email or through our developer channels. Your continued use of the Platform after we post updated Terms constitutes your acceptance of those change...
We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. If we make changes to these Terms, we will provide notice of such changes, such as by sending an email notification, providing notice through the Service or updating the 'Last Updated' date at the beginning of these Terms. Your continued use of...
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change or modify these Terms at any time. If we do this, depending on the nature of the change, we will post the changes on this page and indicate at the top of this page the date these Terms were last revised or notify you, either through the Website...
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"Changes to the Terms. Google may change these Terms at any time, and Google may add to, modify, or discontinue any aspect or feature of the Maps API(s) at any time. If you do not agree to any change to the Terms, you must discontinue use of the Maps API(s). Your continued use of any Maps API after notice of such changes shall constitute your agreement to such changes.— Excerpt from Google Maps's Google Maps Platform Terms of Service
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The clause establishes Google's unilateral right to alter API functionality and service terms without requiring user consent in advance. The operational significance is that the service terms and API capabilities are not fixed contractual commitments but subject to modification at Google's discretion.
Users who continue using the Maps API after notification of changes are bound by the modified terms and any API modifications, regardless of whether those changes affect their use case or business model. Users must actively cease service use to avoid acceptance of changes.
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