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Don't trust for profit organizations. Google might project itself as champion of open source but the reality is their revenue is a result of standing on open so
by dragonsh 11y ago
Don't trust for profit organizations. Google might project itself as champion of open source but the reality is their revenue is a result of standing on open source. Without gnu and Linux they will not even exist.
WHen they needed google maps user they opened up. But given their profit motive they will have to shut down others which conflict with their profit.
Its better to port service to something open source like openstreetmap. Google is turning into do every evil to generate value for shareholders.
- bootload 11y ago"Don't trust for profit organizations." I'd qualify that. If you are a for-profit or there is no alternative (as in the case of this tool). There's nothing wrong with using commercial systems, just don't expect their interest to align with yours.