Google is laying off employees at Wazewww.theverge.comexternal-linkcross-posted to: technews@radiation.party Cayenne05dingos ( @Cayenne05dingos@geddit.social ) Technology • 2 years ago message-square59fedilinkarrow-up1154
arrow-up1154external-linkGoogle is laying off employees at Wazewww.theverge.com Cayenne05dingos ( @Cayenne05dingos@geddit.social ) Technology • 2 years ago message-square59fedilinkcross-posted to: technews@radiation.party
minus-square anon ( @anon@lemm.ee ) linkfedilink9•2 years agoat this point it doesn’t matter, but the fact that they were allowed to buy it is a travesty. Waze was the only app with the capilarity to get enough mapping data to be competitive. Google Maps’ pricing for their API is insane and there’s no viable alternative outside the USA. They bought it to kill it.
minus-square wet_lettuce ( @wet_lettuce@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink2•2 years agoLeft it on long enough to pretend they’ve given it a good faith effort
at this point it doesn’t matter, but the fact that they were allowed to buy it is a travesty.
Waze was the only app with the capilarity to get enough mapping data to be competitive.
Google Maps’ pricing for their API is insane and there’s no viable alternative outside the USA.
They bought it to kill it.
Left it on long enough to pretend they’ve given it a good faith effort