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Re:Google Will Eat Itself (2005) by bigbacaloa on Monday June 13, 2022 @10:14AM (#31725881)
Is it really a money loser? They get detailed information on your social relations, your daily routines, your shopping habits, where you enjoy your vices, etc. That's all useful in generating income in other contexts. It's short sighted to view it as a money loser.
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Re:Google Will Eat Itself (2005) by abirch on Monday June 13, 2022 @11:30AM (#31726972)
Seems like location based Ads would be $$$. E.g., if Google knows that I'm not usually in Los Angeles; it knows what I like and could serve ads that'd be great for me when I google "places to eat in LA"
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Re:Google Will Eat Itself (2005) by spicybright on Monday June 13, 2022 @11:22AM (#31726863)
It's also good PR. I would think someone that thinks google maps is good is more likely to use other google products that are more profitable.

Granted, that's a pretty difficult metric to track (if you even can).

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Re:Google Will Eat Itself (2005) by melony on Monday June 13, 2022 @01:27PM (#31728625)
Just Street View alone will easily blow through the profits they make from those data unless they use the data for something like commodity trading.
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