We hope that Google, the oldest and largest company in the world, will look at the people who make reviews of many places around the world, and they must be rewarded financially because this content that we provide is the strongest and requires research and spending money.
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Hey @Abdelhameed . Interesting thought. I’m curious what other platforms like Google Maps pay contributors. I’ve never heard of Yelp paying reviewers, and the travel websites I have access to (Expedia, Airbnb, etc.) have never rewarded me for leaving a review.
Also, what money is required to post a photo or fix business information on Maps? The cost of internet and phone access, possibly? If you have these simply to make Maps contributions, I suppose there could be an argument - but who are you helping; the business or Google Maps? There has never been any promise of reimbursement or reward for making contributions. Rather, we get free access to Maps, and Search, and Drive, and YouTube, and Google Docs.
Alphabet (Google) is far from the oldest company in the world and isn’t even the largest - Microsoft is - with Apple second. We pay handily to use their products.
If you don’t feel you get enough value from having free access to the products Google provides you, then it’s your choice to continue contributing or not. We’re here as hobbyists who enjoy the community and contributing to Maps in the multitude of ways available. You make fantastic reviews, and I hope you choose to continue. However, you’re missing the point if you expect rewards for doing so.
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Firstly, I am happy to communicate with you and I greatly appreciate what you wrote, but when I mean other applications, I am talking about applications such as YouTube and Facebook, as these provide content. If you made it clear in your response that we do not charge anything, I will explain to you, my dear friend, that I sometimes enter restaurants and pay for the service in order to evaluate the restaurant. I express my opinion, as this is a cost and therefore why should I not charge for this service? This is my opinion and I appreciate your strong effort on Google Maps. Thank you again.
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So @Abdelhameed are you saying you want Google to pay for your meals??? As @JustJake stated we do this as a hobby to help people across the world.
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