Google is laying off employees at Waze
www.theverge.com
It’s unclear how many jobs will be cut.

Firing the sales team = less income = some higher up will see declining profits = it will be killed

  • Moonrise2473@feddit.itOPEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I’m very impressed about it. I wonder how they’re making money if they don’t sell traffic data or ads or telemetry. Their server expenses aren’t cheap

    • Brunette6256@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I had the same thought. So I emailed them and asked last year. Below is the reply:

      Hello, We are glad that you like Magic Earth! Magic Earth is free for end users, but we have a paid SDK - you can check generalmagic.com for more info. We have partnerships with companies such as Selectric, Smarter AI, Absolute Cycling etc.