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New Google policy creates $15k barrier to building apps using the Gmail API
18 points by jivings on Jan 25, 2019 | hide | past | favorite
PSA: Starting this month, any apps that use the Gmail API must now undergo a security audit by a big name firm.

Google estimate that this will cost between $15k and $75k.

This is going to effectively cripple many small companies and indie developers who make improvement tools for Gmail.

More info here: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/g-suite/elevating-user-trust-in-our-api-ecosystems




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