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> If you build something on someone else's API, you can get fucked in a million ways.

I feel you should mention whether or no you pay for the API and have a legitimate contract enforceable with law.

This is one reason why I don't use google APIs; I can't pay for them with any sort of reasonable SLA.

You might get an SLA for money but you can't stop a product from disappearing.

But if you have a contract, you can at least expect the product to exist for the term of the contract.

Which is unlikely to give you more than a few months, the same time you already often have, and still won't protect you if the company has trouble.