Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

didsomebodysaymyname t1_j5sq4i6 wrote

Reply to comment by 1QAte4 in Justice Dept. sues Google over digital advertising dominance by Cyrix2k

>Nobody wants to be responsible for forcing Google to have to charge a subscription for Google Maps for example.

That wouldn't happen.

Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram all do basically the same thing, and all coexist. Lots of people use one or some of them, but not the others. They all survive by selling ads or data.

Waze exists. If Google got broken up and maps started charging, they would have no customers and everyone would switch to something else.

Competition usually lowers prices.

3

ablatner t1_j5sylqu wrote

Google has owned Waze for years.

13

rasifiel t1_j5t8xbs wrote

And they merged Waze and GMaps team.

3

didsomebodysaymyname t1_j5uykbk wrote

My bad, but the point still stands, when Waze was independent it was popular, and Google was bugged enough by it to buy it.

They didn't start charging for Maps in response to competition, they paid to get rid of the competition.

1

Cyrix2k OP t1_j5uh5lp wrote

It's another reason Google should be broken up though. Google bought Waze for 1 billion dollars in 2013, a move due to Google's extreme wealth, power and influence. That acquisition removed competition from the market, competition that offered what many believed to be a superior product. Even the old Waze CEO commented "Looking back, we could have probably grown faster and much more efficiently had we stayed independent." https://www.timesofisrael.com/waze-ceo-noam-bardin-explains-why-he-left-google-2weeks-ago/

0

didsomebodysaymyname t1_j5uysot wrote

Yeah, the fact they didn't start charging in response to competition and in fact paid to get rid of it shows their argument about having to charge if they're broken up is BS.

1

lvlint67 t1_j626gur wrote

> Waze exist... Competition...

Oh honey...

0