Cayenne05dingos@geddit.social to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 年前Google is laying off employees at Wazewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down10 cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldgoogle@lemmy.worldandroid@lemmy.worldtechnews@radiation.party
arrow-up175arrow-down1external-linkGoogle is laying off employees at Wazewww.theverge.comCayenne05dingos@geddit.social to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 年前message-square34fedilink cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldgoogle@lemmy.worldandroid@lemmy.worldtechnews@radiation.party
minus-squareanon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 年前at this point it doesn’t matter, but the fact that they were allowed to buy it is a travesty. Waze was the only app with the capilarity to get enough mapping data to be competitive. Google Maps’ pricing for their API is insane and there’s no viable alternative outside the USA. They bought it to kill it.
at this point it doesn’t matter, but the fact that they were allowed to buy it is a travesty.
Waze was the only app with the capilarity to get enough mapping data to be competitive.
Google Maps’ pricing for their API is insane and there’s no viable alternative outside the USA.
They bought it to kill it.