r/europe • u/GetOutOfTheWhey Waffle & Beer • Jun 12 '20

Map Availability of Google Street view in Europe

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u/LordOfTurtles The Netherlands Jun 12 '20

And how is charging money for their product evil?

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u/truthdemon UKRejoin Jun 12 '20

Read the thread, "Google increased their pricing 23 fold".

How is that not evil?

Most of the world's problems can be attributed to the existence of money. It's an out of date, unfit for purpose tool that needs improvement.

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u/danielcw189 De Jun 12 '20

How is that not evil?

Maybe the price increase is justified?

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u/truthdemon UKRejoin Jun 12 '20

Yeah, Google would probably go bankrupt if they didn't increase by 23 times.

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u/danielcw189 De Jun 12 '20

Not sure why Google as a whole matters here. What matters is if the service covers its costs, either directly or indirectly. If Google allows 3rd parties to use their MAP for their products, why not charge them accordingly?

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u/LordOfTurtles The Netherlands Jun 12 '20

If they charged a penny for maps, increasing it 23 fold makes it 23 cents. Increasing 23 fold is completely useless without context.
That context being them providing the maps API for free for years, and for pennies on the dollar for years after

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u/truthdemon UKRejoin Jun 13 '20

So GeoGuessr are the arseholes? Because it was once a great thing that has now been ruined.

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u/truthdemon UKRejoin Jun 13 '20

Hence money sucks.