I've heard this said a few times but no one has ever supplied any reputable source other than fanciful speculation. It's become such a meme at this point that I'm pretty sure it's just harmful disinformation.
Maybe I succumbed to that meme, I honestly don’t remember. I’m not in favor of what Google is doing. But I’m sure the implementation divergence will happen if V2 support is dropped. It pretty much always does once a public API is removed.
I've heard this said a few times but no one has ever supplied any reputable source other than fanciful speculation. It's become such a meme at this point that I'm pretty sure it's just harmful disinformation.