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		slackoverflower on Dec 20, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google Maps' Moat That's like McDonalds giving away food. Or Ford giving away cars. Google's business quite literally is data.

gspetr on Dec 20, 2017 | [–]

> McDonalds giving away food.

Not the best example. McDonalds is so much more than food:

http://blog.wallstreetsurvivor.com/2015/10/08/mcdonalds-beyo...

rmc on Dec 20, 2017 | [–]

Sure, but Google does claim to be an open company, and giving things back.

puzzle on Dec 20, 2017 | [–]

Among other things, they open sourced the Ceres library, which the imaging pipeline relies on.

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