Unfortunately I&#x27;d say the headline on the linked Medium.com post (by the creator of Routebuilder) is a bit misleading.<p>I feel for the author, but Google is not &quot;forcing Routebuilder to shut down.&quot; Google is instead telling the owner of Routebuilder to find another API to use. Routebuilder can find another API, pay to license data, etc. There are alternatives rather than &quot;shut[ing] down.&quot;<p>I know this probably sucks for the author, but this is the risk you take when building your product on top of someone else&#x27;s API without a separate contract in hand--as many Twitter developers found out firsthand a few years ago. Their service, their rules.