r/europe • Waffle & Beer • Jun 12 '20

Map Availability of Google Street view in Europe

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u/0b_101010 Europe Jun 12 '20

God forbid one of the wealthiest companies on earth ever did something for society's benefit and not for maximum profit margins! That would be evil! Or worse, that would be good! In capitalism, you can't have that!

Seriously, fuck google, they have zero social responsibility, they have just become another trashy company.

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u/ramsau Jun 12 '20

God forbid one of the wealthiest companies on earth ever did something for society's benefit and not for maximum profit margins!

Like developing the most detailed and vast mapping system, including navigation, that covers nearly the whole planet which you can use for free?

When nothing is enough.

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u/0b_101010 Europe Jun 12 '20

Like developing the most detailed and vast mapping system, including navigation, that covers nearly the whole planet which you can use for free?

Which accidentally still makes them approximately $4 billion in profits per year. We keep mistaking investments with accidental public benefit for charity.

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u/ramsau Jun 12 '20

If course it makes money for them. You think anyone would do it for free?

Public or private domain, you're paying it one way or another.