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It would be a million times cheaper and simpler for Google to acquire Mocality outright than to do what is being claimed they have done. I also don't believe t
by swombat 15y ago
It would be a million times cheaper and simpler for Google to acquire Mocality outright than to do what is being claimed they have done.
I also don't believe that they have actually done this (but it'll be interesting to see this story unfold).
- brudgers 15y agoBlindly assuming that Mocality is worth $10,000,000 and negotiations take 6 months - I'm not sure I see a positive ROI from a purchase given the labor and technology costs that appear to be involved based on Mocality's account of events. And that's before considering the uncertainty involved in a buyout and the relative certainty of acquiring the information directly off the web (and that this is Google's standard method for acquiring data to aggregate). Personally, I currently am leaning towards the belief that was Google subcontracting or partnering with boots on the ground, and the boots on the ground found the most efficient way of fulfilling Google's contract requirements - the move from Kenya to India is somewhat indicative of this in my mind.