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whatevermangtoday at 12:04 AM1 replyview on HN

People complaining here that you are somehow owed something for contributing to the data set, or that because you use google maps or reCAPTCHA you are owed access to their training data. I mean, I'd like that data too. But you did get something in return already. A game that you enjoy (or your wouldn't play it), free and efficient navigation (better than your TomTom ever worked), sites not overwhelmed by bots or spammers. Yeah google gets more out of it than you probably do, but it's incorrect to say that you are getting 'nothing' in return.


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maxericksontoday at 12:08 AM

I'm not sure quite what the ownership is, but Niantic isn't a subsidiary of Alphabet or Google.

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