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I also think it is somewhat unfair. They have lot of money from their ads, so they can create product in another category (for example GPS), and offer it for fr
by greyman 16y ago
I also think it is somewhat unfair. They have lot of money from their ads, so they can create product in another category (for example GPS), and offer it for free, while other companies who don't have those advertising dollars can't offer their product for free. Basically they can easily kill competition in certain niches, since they can support their product by money gained by another product (Adsense/Adwords). Maybe it is not unlawful, but fair is it not.
- fretje 16y agoHow's that unfair? It's not that they're stopping anybody from doing the same.
- bad_user 16y ago> so they can create product in another category (for example GPS), and offer it for free That specific case I view as a good thing, since turn-by-turn GPS data was provided by an oligopoly for high fees, which is a lot more "unfair" to everybody.
- loewenskind 16y agoWho gets to decide which kinds of businesses are allowed to make money and which must be free?
- glhaynes 16y agoUsually the market.
- regularfry 16y agoExcept in this case, it's a different market.
- loewenskind 16y agoReally? So when one company is getting all its revenue from ads and gives things away free in other market segments it is the market that decided those areas weren't worth anything? Care to sight any credited economics sciences people who explain this?
- glhaynes 16y agoI don't mean market as just being purchasers but the overall market of suppliers, consumers, and, of course, regulation.
- jokermatt999 16y agoSo it's unfair to charge people too cheaply, but not to charge them too much? That seems to be an implication of your post.