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		gruez on Dec 15, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google is not a search engine, but an ad engine >They charge phone companies billions of dollars for the use of Maps Can you elaborate on this? Are you talking about their javascript APIs[1], or for the right to preload the app on their subcribers' phones? [1] eg. https://developers.google.com/maps/premium/overview

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