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they have four trillion dollars buddy they'll be okay.
by lurkerforawhile 4mo ago
they have four trillion dollars buddy they'll be okay.
- vovavili 4mo agoThese are exactly the kind of companies that have enough data and analysis to avoid bleeding money.
- lurkerforawhile 4mo agoso externalizing environmental and social costs is fine, as long as the numbers are big enough?
- vovavili 4mo agoI am not sure how any of this follows.
- stackskipton 4mo agoThey became big enough because they were free and had massive cash behind them to destroy all competition (Mapquest, Garmin and others) Now they are this big, they have become quasi public record for many other organizations who rely on this data. Since they want to keep costs low, if their data is wrong, it can have significant impacts on your life and getting someone to correct it is almost impossible.
- vovavili 4mo agoAnd that's why you want to start paying for GMaps?
- stackskipton 4mo agoWant to, not really. Want GMaps moved from Google? Yes. If it can stand on it's own free, fine whatever. If not and people need to be charged for it, fine.
- lotsofpulp 4mo agoThe price of the most recent transaction of a share times the number of outstanding shares is not equal to spendable cash.