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If a startup needs a giant system of subsidized roads for free or else they aren't profitable, they weren't ever profitable. You see where this argument leads
by _Codemonkeyism 8y ago
If a startup needs a giant system of subsidized roads for free or else they aren't profitable, they weren't ever profitable.
You see where this argument leads to?
- colordrops 8y agoNo, the roads are subsidized by those who pay for them. There is a right to use them for business purposes, unlike private map services.
- _Codemonkeyism 8y agoIn most countries startups don't pay for taxes and therefore are not contributing to roads.
- adrianN 8y agoIs Google infrastructure now? Should we fund Google with tax money? Nationalize it?
- bryanrasmussen 8y agoNo, although of course there is the point that a lot of Google's mapping data was subsidized with tax money by virtue of using the various geodata sources the U.S makes available for free to build on.
- beagle3 8y agoAnyone can use those, so why are people complaining? Google does a whole lot more, and can charge whatever they want for it. OSM provides usable solutions the vast majority of users; i’ve Moved to OSM a couple of years ago in everything for privacy reasons and except for the occasional Waze route or verifications, get nothing from google that I can’t get from OSM.