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Re:Google Maps' Moat Is Evaporating by runako on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @09:41AM (#25570118)
> why go through the headache of opening it up to other businesses?

Such a platform is obviously necessary for the Internet; Google exposing Maps (& related APIs) makes it less likely that another company will build the default platform for map APIs on the Internet.

Re:Google Maps' Moat Is Evaporating by awinter-py on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @10:03AM (#25570322)
commoditize your complement