Some entities paid for it, but some or more of them are crowd-serfed ... uhm ... *cough* contributed through crowdsourcing. Without exchange of labour! For the greater good! Making Alphabet money from thin air!
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Some entities paid for it, but some or more of them are crowd-serfed ... uhm ... *cough* contributed through crowdsourcing. Without exchange of labour! For the greater good! Making Alphabet money from thin air! 2 comments
Alphabet/Google can be said did that very successfully. Cheap Android devices, and the need to go to places - so, Google Maps fits nicely in this equation. |
@AkuAnakTimur
The scary part for me has always been that, most people tend are oblivious to the fact that their map search display are "tailored" for them: targetted ads, or profile history.