Re:Ends, Means, and Antitrust
by kuschku on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @09:31AM
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A very good example of this is Google Maps vs. Here Maps.
I live in a city where Google Maps has, until one month ago, had basically no traffic data, satellite imagery was from 2004, and even today still supports no transit.
Here maps has up-to-date imagery of highest quality, has traffic and transit data.
Yet, many people use Google Maps, even if that provides worse results, sends them on roads that don’t exist anymore, etc.
When one recommends they switch, they say "but Google Maps is preinstalled, installing Here Maps would be so much effort, and it doesn’t work with Ok Google".
I live in a city where Google Maps has, until one month ago, had basically no traffic data, satellite imagery was from 2004, and even today still supports no transit.
Here maps has up-to-date imagery of highest quality, has traffic and transit data.
Yet, many people use Google Maps, even if that provides worse results, sends them on roads that don’t exist anymore, etc.
When one recommends they switch, they say "but Google Maps is preinstalled, installing Here Maps would be so much effort, and it doesn’t work with Ok Google".
This is literally the effect shown IRL.