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> Google translate, maps and search has no competitors that even come close in terms of quality. I will get mad when those products have better alternatives but
by lhorie 6y ago
> Google translate, maps and search has no competitors that even come close in terms of quality. I will get mad when those products have better alternatives but it's not the case.
Just think about it: where do you think the money to fund development of maps, translation etc comes from? Nobody pays a dime to use these services, so they clearly aren't self-sustaining.
Now think about your own income. Imagine google comes up with some way to provide the same skillset you offer by pouring ad money into researching some hypothetical singularity AI or whatever, and then offering that to your employers for free (in exchange for ad placement in your company's end product), causing you to lose not only your job, but your ability to get any related jobs anywhere.
That's obviously an extreme and highly hypothetical scenario, but it illustrates what anti-trust laws are supposed to stop.