> Collecting data has never been about making better products. I’d argue that Google Maps is a much better product BECAUSE it collects a whole lot of informati

> Collecting data has never been about making better products. I’d argue that Google Maps is a much better product BECAUSE it collects a whole lot of information from its users. The most visible one is the traffic information, you literally cannot provide that information world wide without collecting data from your users (unless you want to burn all your money on installing sensors on every street corner in the world)