>the image can be used for a product that is sold by multiple merchants. This is the issue. There's no incentive for me to invest a huge amount of capital to c

>the image can be used for a product that is sold by multiple merchants. This is the issue. There's no incentive for me to invest a huge amount of capital to create good product images if I'm forced to basically give them away to my competitors. The end result for Google shopping will be lower image quality because you've created a disincentive for us to create better looking images.