It's "shareholder-linked" (probably not "driven"), but yes, upvoted. Nonetheless, even when with grave faults in the path, Google has managed to give us marvellous, paramount free resources (Google Street, Google Museum...), and would have given more (Google Books - if the negotiation had succeeded). I am grateful.
replyGoogle Streetview/maps isn't even the best mapping/'streetview' tool at this point. Filled with ads and bugs, some major bugs have been there for 10+ years.
replyNow I'm curious. What is the better mapping and streetview tool at this point?
replyFor maps there's quite a few, just anything that doesn't have the amount of ads beats it. For Streetview apple lookaround is a better experience if it's mapped well in your area.
replyI believe Google has been trying to improve their Streetview in coverage as apple has become a concurrent, but it still has the same bugs people have been complaining about for years (like going backward when pressing forward type of bad). If I remember correctly the bugs have been 'closed' or something before just to include it in the same slightly different way.
As someone that just started working on Google Street View, do you links to any of those bugs? Curious to take a look and see what those problems are
replyOrganic Maps for maps
replyWhy would you be grateful? I don't think any of that should be under private control to begin with.
replyAnd which public enterprise has undertaken those projects?
replyLooking at current hot problems, and exemplary of the situation: which public entities have endeavoured to backup the most important channels and videos from YouTube, the current historic video archive?
Why would I be grateful?! Because somebody did create those resources and made them available! And they did to common good (if anybody refused the expression "for" common good).
They said should be under public control, not is under public control.
replyDouble check.
replyBe careful when loving government/philanthropy/ngo-driven endeavors; they're a single executive decision away from breaking your heart.
replyMarriages too
replyHopefully you have a bit more impact on the decision making of your marriage shareholders than on public company executives.
replyStatistically you are very correct.
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