This response is gold and informative.

Lots of Google employees on HN who jump in defending everything Google does - so maybe your issue will get attention soon.

Sorry though, that you are going through this.

This is one of many reasons why whenever a recruiter from Google/Amazon/Facebook tries to connect with me I tell them to never contact me again, because I don't want to work at some place that's so unethical.

That’s a major issue, though. They know these issues happen but they’re happy to let them slide unless they they gain sufficient attention on places like HN or reddit.

It's helpful to have a chance to see hard it is to obtain an increase in Google API rate limits. The documentations suggests one only needs to ask, so this clarification is very much appreciated.

It's fucking shit. Despite the negative publicity, and I just checked as their API rate resets midnight PST, annnd.... Still at 25 per second. Google are fucking shit and their contempt is palpable. I'm seething.

This guy is definitely Australian.

Did your problem get resolved now?

Nope. All this effort and they give not one single flying fuck. I'm still at 25 calls per second which is their standard.

Nothing. Has. Changed.

Fuck you Google. Fuck. You.

:D

You're too small for them to care, yet.

Are you working a full-time job and doing this as a side hustle?