Re:Why you should not pirate Google’s geo APIs
by easy_rider on Tuesday September 10, 2013 @06:52AM
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You've missed the point that Google has always been an advertisement company.
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Re:Why you should not pirate Google’s geo APIs
by wpietri on Tuesday September 10, 2013 @02:00PM
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I'm aware of that. But they also came out of an academic background, used a lot of open source, published many papers, and built an engineering-focused culture, not a business-focused one.
That is, sadly, changing. But it's not a necessary change.