▲ 71 ▼ Google is preparing to kill Waze (www.theverge.com) submitted 3 years ago by Moonrise2473@feddit.it to c/android@lemmy.world 89 comments fedilink hide all child comments Firing the sales team = less income = some higher up will see declining profits = it will be killed
[–] Brunette6256@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) Magic earth seems pretty good. HD traffic and report a cop. Also not google and privacy built. https://www.magicearth.com/ permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it [S] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) I'm very impressed about it. I wonder how they're making money if they don't sell traffic data or ads or telemetry. Their server expenses aren't cheap permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Brunette6256@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago* I had the same thought. So I emailed them and asked last year. Below is the reply: Hello, We are glad that you like Magic Earth! Magic Earth is free for end users, but we have a paid SDK - you can check generalmagic.com for more info. We have partnerships with companies such as Selectric, Smarter AI, Absolute Cycling etc. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it [S] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) I'm very impressed about it. I wonder how they're making money if they don't sell traffic data or ads or telemetry. Their server expenses aren't cheap permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Brunette6256@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago* I had the same thought. So I emailed them and asked last year. Below is the reply: Hello, We are glad that you like Magic Earth! Magic Earth is free for end users, but we have a paid SDK - you can check generalmagic.com for more info. We have partnerships with companies such as Selectric, Smarter AI, Absolute Cycling etc. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Brunette6256@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago* I had the same thought. So I emailed them and asked last year. Below is the reply: Hello, We are glad that you like Magic Earth! Magic Earth is free for end users, but we have a paid SDK - you can check generalmagic.com for more info. We have partnerships with companies such as Selectric, Smarter AI, Absolute Cycling etc. permalink fedilink source parent