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by FlailFast 4001 days ago
Agreed, and another thing they're doubling down on: disentangling themselves from Google. Eventually they'll stop using Google Maps, and I'd guess Google Ventures will sell their stake in Uber at their next stratospheric private financing raise, if they haven't already.

It's vaguely reminiscent of Google/Apple's friendly status up until 2007, when it quickly deteriorated to "frenemy" then "direct competitor in nearly every market."
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jeffbr13 4001 days ago
Ah, but wouldn't Google want to keep it's investments in sectors that it believes will grow, even if they're competing with them, a la Microsoft & Apple[1]?

[1]: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2010/05/apples...

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hooo 4001 days ago
Why would Google Ventures sell their stake? I've heard that they are not strategic to Google.
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