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Those services charge corporate users. If uber develops nothing homegrown then it is subject to the whims of the major map services, mostly google. Most driver
by graeme 6y ago
Those services charge corporate users. If uber develops nothing homegrown then it is subject to the whims of the major map services, mostly google.
Most drivers use a 3rd party app in practice but uber probably needs to run mapping to avoid a source of weakness/cost.
(Could be totally wrong about incentive structure)
- sverhagen 6y agoI thought between Google, VLS, Tom Tom, and I can't imagine that I just coughed up a complete list, there'd be enough competition to just procure this function competitively. I assumed it was more the Not Invented Here syndrome of a VC funded company who (until recently) had little of a cap on their Engineering spend.