How a Google side project evolved into a $4B company

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Post by shreyanshd » Wed, Jul 03, 2019, 10:52 AM UTC

How a Google side project evolved into a $4B company
techcrunch.com

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Post by davidweatherall » Wed, Jul 03, 2019, 11:27 AM UTC

First time coming across techcrunch's "extra crunch" paywall - It's a shame they give you half the article before mentioning it.

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Post by mtmail » Wed, Jul 03, 2019, 11:32 AM UTC

Last years book "Never Lost Again" is a good account of the Keyhole/Google Earth/Google Maps story. (https://www.amazon.com/-/dp/0062673041/)

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Post by mcintyre1994 » Wed, Jul 03, 2019, 11:33 AM UTC

davidweatherall wrote: post #2

First time coming across techcrunch's "extra crunch" paywall - It's a shame they give you half the article before mentioning it.

I guess my AdBlocker blocked whatever they were trying to use to show the paywall, so the story just abruptly ended in the middle.

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Post by amanzi » Wed, Jul 03, 2019, 11:34 AM UTC

Got a few paragraphs in before finding out it's behind a paywall that's only accessible from a few countries.

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Post by sidcool » Wed, Jul 03, 2019, 11:36 AM UTC

Paywall alert. The article does not mention till very late that it's paywalled.

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Post by fs2 » Wed, Jul 03, 2019, 11:38 AM UTC

What a horrible site, it tries to hijack the back button, full screen cookie warning and uBlock has over a dozen items blocked.

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Post by the_duke » Wed, Jul 03, 2019, 11:47 AM UTC

fs2 wrote: post #7

What a horrible site, it tries to hijack the back button, full screen cookie warning and uBlock has over a dozen items blocked.

Not only that, the GDPR settings take what is seemingly an infinite amount of clicks to actually see the options, and then you can't even properly opt out.

That was enough for me to skip this one.

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Post by kolla » Wed, Jul 03, 2019, 11:50 AM UTC

Techcrunch links should be banned imo..

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Post by tchalla » Wed, Jul 03, 2019, 11:56 AM UTC

fs2 wrote: post #7

What a horrible site, it tries to hijack the back button, full screen cookie warning and uBlock has over a dozen items blocked.

It's so bad that I have stopped reading TechCrunch articles. The options for GDPR consent are excruciatingly painful to choose and takes a large time to even get to the appropriate point.