LA FACE SOMBRE DERRIÈRE LA GRATUITÉ DE WAZE
Thibaut Dcode
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Waze has never received a single euro from its users. Google paid $966 million for it.
September 2012: Apple's CEO apologizes in writing and recommends the app of an unknown competitor. Nine months later, Google writes a check for $966 million for these hundred or so employees who don't sell anything. Facebook had just come close to a billion dollars. For 13 years, Google has never published a single figure on what Waze earns it. Not a single line, anywhere. So what are we buying at that price when there's nothing to sell? The answer is nowhere to be found in any official document. It's being pieced together bit by bit, and the final piece is you, every morning, without you even realizing it 🎯
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📋 VIDEO SOURCES
Official:
► The acquisition price ($966 million) in Google's stock exchange filing (SEC, 2013): https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/da...
► Decree No. 2021-468 — masking of roadside checkpoints, prefectural press release (.gouv.fr): https://www.savoie.gouv.fr/index.php/...
► Council of State, decision of March 6, 2024 (Coyote's appeal against the decree, rejected): https://www.conseil-etat.fr/fr/ariane...
► "Agents on duty" alert on Waze — DIR Ouest press release (.gouv.fr, 2026): https://www.dir.ouest.developpement-d...
Press:
► Reuters — Waze teams merged into Google Geo, 151 million users (Dec. 2022): https://tech.yahoo.com/general/articl...
► TechCrunch — Waze Carpool shut down (August 2022): https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/26/goo...
► Times of Israel — Noam Bardin explains his departure from Google (Feb. 2021): https://www.timesofisrael.com/waze-ce... — and the original article: https://paygo.media/p/25171
► France 3 Île-de-France — Lieusaint and the surrounding towns facing alternative routes (May 2024): https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr...
► Clubic — Châlons-du-Maine overwhelmed, the bailiff, traffic ×10 (June 2024, according to Ouest-France): https://www.clubic.com/actualite-5297...
► Journal du Geek — the Waze × Ministry of Transport agreement (April 2026): https://www.journaldugeek.com/2026/04...
0:00 Intro
01:15 The Tel Aviv Cartographer
05:08 Proof by Fire
06:39 The Acquisition
09:46 The Colossus… and the Problems
13:07 When the State Gets Involved
15:58 The Golden Cage
18:28 Staying Ahead of the Competition
#Waze #Google #GPS
20 Comments
20 mètres plus loin un bouchon qui m'a retardé d'une heure et demie pour 20 km. Depuis je l'écoute le pépère.
Waze ayant déjà développé un "load balancing" de ses utilisateurs pour équilibrer la charge, Google a surtout acheté la techno (vu que ses super développeurs la crème de la crème des meilleurs des meilleurs du monde étaient apparemment pas foutus de le faire eux-mêmes (ou on va dire que c'était pas prévu dans les specs)).
Et sinon à ma connaissance, Lieusaint se prononce lieu saint, pas lieuzan.
Tous les matins, c'était toujours la même galère.
Un jour un collègue m'a parlé de Waze, et là ça m'a changé la vie : J'ai découvert que les rue Mazagran, Montyon et Champs fleuri existaient et que je gagnais de 15 à 20 minutes tous les jours en l'empruntant.
LA FACE SOMBRE DERRIÈRE LA GRATUITÉ DE WAZE
Thibaut Dcode
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📸 Find me on Instagram: https://s.thibautdcode.fr/instagram
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Waze has never received a single euro from its users. Google paid $966 million for it.
September 2012: Apple's CEO apologizes in writing and recommends the app of an unknown competitor. Nine months later, Google writes a check for $966 million for these hundred or so employees who don't sell anything. Facebook had just come close to a billion dollars. For 13 years, Google has never published a single figure on what Waze earns it. Not a single line, anywhere. So what are we buying at that price when there's nothing to sell? The answer is nowhere to be found in any official document. It's being pieced together bit by bit, and the final piece is you, every morning, without you even realizing it 🎯
If you enjoy understanding what's behind the apps you open every day, subscribe and you won't miss the rest.
📋 VIDEO SOURCES
Official:
► The acquisition price ($966 million) in Google's stock exchange filing (SEC, 2013): https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/da...
► Decree No. 2021-468 — masking of roadside checkpoints, prefectural press release (.gouv.fr): https://www.savoie.gouv.fr/index.php/...
► Council of State, decision of March 6, 2024 (Coyote's appeal against the decree, rejected): https://www.conseil-etat.fr/fr/ariane...
► "Agents on duty" alert on Waze — DIR Ouest press release (.gouv.fr, 2026): https://www.dir.ouest.developpement-d...
Press:
► Reuters — Waze teams merged into Google Geo, 151 million users (Dec. 2022): https://tech.yahoo.com/general/articl...
► TechCrunch — Waze Carpool shut down (August 2022): https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/26/goo...
► Times of Israel — Noam Bardin explains his departure from Google (Feb. 2021): https://www.timesofisrael.com/waze-ce... — and the original article: https://paygo.media/p/25171
► France 3 Île-de-France — Lieusaint and the surrounding towns facing alternative routes (May 2024): https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr...
► Clubic — Châlons-du-Maine overwhelmed, the bailiff, traffic ×10 (June 2024, according to Ouest-France): https://www.clubic.com/actualite-5297...
► Journal du Geek — the Waze × Ministry of Transport agreement (April 2026): https://www.journaldugeek.com/2026/04...
0:00 Intro
01:15 The Tel Aviv Cartographer
05:08 Proof by Fire
06:39 The Acquisition
09:46 The Colossus… and the Problems
13:07 When the State Gets Involved
15:58 The Golden Cage
18:28 Staying Ahead of the Competition
#Waze #Google #GPS