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Google Maps to Start Charging for their Service
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<blockquote data-quote="rolfw" data-source="post: 773489" data-attributes="member: 175057"><p>Just been reading up on this and what is not mentioned here, is that both Sky and BSB were losing money with their business models, as did they after the merger for quite some time. Also with Sky prior to 1989/90 they had a single channel, so not much of a taste to tempt.</p><p></p><p>I don't have a problem with companies making money out of unique services or material, particularly if they offer a limited version of the product for free for non-commercial use.</p><p></p><p>I've stopped using Google Navigation on my HTC phone (so won't be affected if they charge for it), as due to its need to download maps on a constant basis, it can be somewhat unreliable in bad reception areas and costly on data usage, choosing instead to pay for a navigation app with cached maps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rolfw, post: 773489, member: 175057"] Just been reading up on this and what is not mentioned here, is that both Sky and BSB were losing money with their business models, as did they after the merger for quite some time. Also with Sky prior to 1989/90 they had a single channel, so not much of a taste to tempt. I don't have a problem with companies making money out of unique services or material, particularly if they offer a limited version of the product for free for non-commercial use. I've stopped using Google Navigation on my HTC phone (so won't be affected if they charge for it), as due to its need to download maps on a constant basis, it can be somewhat unreliable in bad reception areas and costly on data usage, choosing instead to pay for a navigation app with cached maps. [/QUOTE]
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