There simply isn’t a Google-like search vehicle in Europe....or for that matter...Germany. I live in Germany and can attest to the fact that Google could turn off their service within Germany, and it’d be total chaos. I suspect what they want is some control over the search results and impact upon what comes up.
Google overhead imagery shocked the heck out the Germans a decade ago....they just weren’t willing to accept that much information. I suspect there’s some fear over what new toys or abilities that Goggle might demonstrate in the future.
“There simply isn’t a Google-like search vehicle in Europe....or for that matter...Germany. I live in Germany and can attest to the fact that Google could turn off their service within Germany, and it’d be total chaos. I suspect what they want is some control over the search results and impact upon what comes up.”
The objective would be to split Google into more than 1 competing company. Technically this could easily be done with Google.