Maps also has one of the most restrictive licenses I've ever seen in the industry. If you stop using Maps you're required to delete all data and all derived data. The only time I've ever seen a more restrictive license was when using Bloomberg. At least in that case it made some modicum of sense given that there was a lot of manual data entry going on in the background.

The larger issue is that even though I would like to use Google in some cases, I know that I can't trust them. As a company they need to seriously rethink their approach to fostering customer trust.

AppEngine has redone its pricing model at least once, possibly twice, in a way that upset people.

I’ve seen parameter store (free) ”switch” to secrets manager (paid). But old parameter store is still there.

That’s the closest I’ve seen.

Secrets is a different product with additional capability.