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Not to defend Uber/NIH syndrome, but if Google wanted to specifically charge Uber more for maps because of usage, could they legally do that? Maybe the rewrite
by 0xDEFC0DE 8y ago
Not to defend Uber/NIH syndrome, but if Google wanted to specifically charge Uber more for maps because of usage, could they legally do that?
Maybe the rewrites are risk management?
- giancarlostoro 8y agoGoogle increased maps cost for everybody though, not just Uber. https://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/features/google-maps-apis-new-pricing-impact-1907242 https://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/features/google-maps-apis-new-...
- 0xDEFC0DE 8y agoI'm asking whether only Uber could be charged more.
- anitil 8y agoYou've hit the nail on the head. Uber can't risk being one management decision from Google away from shutting down.
- Nextgrid 8y agoThey could just use a third-party (and at their scale, they can definitely negotiate a custom deal where they feed back usage data to improve the third-party’s service) or even use open source solutions like OpenStreetMaps. Even the latter (with the overhead of hosting it themselves) makes total sense at their scale.
- 0xDEFC0DE 8y agoThat'd be in a contract though, so what if Google decided to not renew and only let Uber know like a month before the contract ended? If these questions seem dumb it's because I know pretty little about legal battles in software.
- tomnipotent 8y agoI'd wager this contract has a 90+ day termination notification requirement at a minimum.