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Re:Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs Eyes Toronto for Its Digital City by Kurtz79 on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @06:09AM (#14307105)
In this case we are not really talking about a free consumer product, though.

I would be surprised if Toronto's municipality would grant this development without having some guarantees of it being carried out, save for paying severe penalties.

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Re:Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs Eyes Toronto for Its Digital City by ghostly_s on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @01:47PM (#14310072)
Sounds like a free consumer product to me. What exactly is the profit model you see in this?
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Re:Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs Eyes Toronto for Its Digital City by FLGMwt on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @08:42AM (#14307697)
Infrastructure projects can be a lot more expensive than even non monetized software projects.
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