Do I need billing?

[Julian Eiler]

At least from the readme it doesn't look like I need to have billing enabled.
I added printing to the calls to the cloud and it looks something like this:
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/nearbysearch/json?location=my-lat,my-long&radius=180&types=bar&key=my-secret-key

"You must enable Billing on the Google Cloud Project at https://console.cloud.google.com/project/_/billing/enable Learn more at https://developers.google.com/maps/gmp-get-started"

But basic stuff just works like this:
https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/findplacefromtext/json?input=Museum%20of%20Contemporary%20Art%20Australia&inputtype=textquery&fields=photos,formatted_address,name,rating,opening_hours,geometry&key=YOUR_API_KEY