[OSM-talk] Countering Google's propaganda

[John Smith]

2009/12/18 John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>:
> 2009/12/18 Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com>:
>> Aw c'mon, Google Maps doesn't "giv[e] anything away of real worth to
>> anyone"? Tell that to the millions of people who use it on a daily basis. A
>> high quality, high performance, extremely reliable mapping platform.
>
> That is one aspect of maps, but not the only aspect. The real worth is
> in the data, by hoarding they limit what you can do with the
> information underlying the tiles.
>
>> We all have ideological reasons for preferring OSM, but let's not kid
>> ourselves: Google has a great product which they give away for free.
>
> Erm lets not kid ourselves, they don't give it away, they use it to
> push advertising. The only revenue stream Google has been truly
> successful at is pulling in advertising dollars.
>

Oh and your comments only apply to individuals, it costs a lot of
money to license google tech for biz purposes, same can't be said for
OSM...