I think you mean relying instead of learning as stated in the topic.
And indeed it's a disadvantage to rely on 3rd parties.
Depending on the application you can parse data several time a day and keep it cached on your own server
so that you have something to work with when they are just down when a sync (for a new user) happends.
I use Google Translate and then I try to correct some flaws.
In this case, it has translated using the verb:
LEANING.
I had not noticed, copied and pasted quickly.
Indeed, it seems to have no sense in that context.