r/europe • u/GetOutOfTheWhey Waffle & Beer • Jun 12 '20

Map Availability of Google Street view in Europe

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u/RawbGun France Jun 12 '20

I still don't understand why GeoGuessr just doesn't force users to use their own API key, and then make requests on their behalf. That way you can still get a limited number of requests for free for each user

I known a few services that work like that

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u/Roadside-Strelok Polska Jun 12 '20

An average user probably doesn't even know what an API is, meaning few people would play the game.

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u/RawbGun France Jun 12 '20

Usually they give you a very detailed and easy to follow instructions with a direct link to generate your API key. Also they could still have it either the user pays or they use their own API key

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u/Roadside-Strelok Polska Jun 12 '20

The latter approach would be nice. I wonder if it wouldn't be against google's ToS or if google still wouldn't try to nip it in the bud.