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Re:Google is not a search engine, but an ad engine by Alex3917 on Sunday December 15, 2019 @11:11AM (#21796891)
> And what happens when Google decides that it doesn’t much fancy providing a Mapping service for free at huge cost that it has no way of monetizing?

They charge phone companies billions of dollars for the use of Maps. That's why Apple made their own version. It's not exactly a cash cow, but they're not providing it for free either.

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Re:Google is not a search engine, but an ad engine by gruez on Sunday December 15, 2019 @11:28AM (#21796990)
>They charge phone companies billions of dollars for the use of Maps

Can you elaborate on this? Are you talking about their javascript APIs[1], or for the right to preload the app on their subcribers' phones?

[1] eg. https://developers.google.com/maps/premium/overview

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Re:Google is not a search engine, but an ad engine by scarface74 on Sunday December 15, 2019 @12:37PM (#21797502)
Google paid Apple billions for being the default search engine since the iPhone was released. Google may have charged Apple for usage, but Google was far more interested in gaining analytics from iOS users than the money. That’s what caused Apple to cancel their contract.
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Re:Google is not a search engine, but an ad engine by bobviolier on Sunday December 15, 2019 @11:39AM (#21797059)
Pretty sure Apple didn't pay anything for having Google Maps in the app store. It was Google that wanted to be there. I think Apple did want navigation, POI information and user information to use in for example Siri (and linking to locations in other apps).
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