Google Is Developing Its Own Uber Competitor
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Google Is Developing Its Own Uber Competitor
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#2Google could cut Uber down hard by pulling Google Maps API access. Ballsiest play Google has ever done if they execute on this. Love it.
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#3The very definition of being a victim of their own success
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#4Good god, that'd we way too much power in the hands of a single company. They're awfully close to Googlizing the world. Which I think is theoretically the closest civilization could get to utopia. But I'm not one for utopia.
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#5Google seems unable to have a partner without eventually entering their market and becoming enemies. Apple before Android, Twitter before Google+ - I guess it's inevitable with how many different industries Google tries to tackle.
I think if this service is entirely defined by autonomous vehicles it's really a complete different service than Uber. No more driver ratings or passenger ratings, all the same car type, and it's own vast legal challenges
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#6Google could cut Uber down hard by pulling Google Maps API access. Ballsiest play Google has ever done if they execute on this. Love it.
>> "Google could cut Uber down hard by pulling Google Maps API access."
Why would they do that to a company they are invested in?
>> "if they execute on this."
There's the key. They are going to face the same regulatory problems as Uber. Worse if they go the self-driving car route as that going to require huge overalls to legislation worldwide.
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#7Google is the only company with a potential edge over Uber right now. The point in time at which self-driving cars are usable by the the public is the only visible inflection point where Uber's hegemony is truly threatened.
(edit) The article suggest self driving cars, and by extension Google's ridesharing service won't be ready for 2-5 more years.
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#8If Google competes directly with a company they are invested in via GV they're going to really damage the reputation of GV. Why would you accept investment from them if they're going to get access to your private info and then turn around and screw you.
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#9If Google competes directly with a company they are invested in via GV they're going to really damage the reputation of GV. Why would you accept investment from them if they're going to get access to your private info and then turn around and screw you.
If Google wins at ridesharing, it will be worth billions more than anything GV itself could produce.
Re: Google Is Developing Its Own Uber Competitor
#10If Google competes directly with a company they are invested in via GV they're going to really damage the reputation of GV. Why would you accept investment from them if they're going to get access to your private info and then turn around and screw you.
They also did this shit with Apple, iOS, and Android; aslo with Twitter and G+. Not the investment bit, but the insider on the board thing.