Probably a bit of both but yes the rate hikes have been especially hard on tech. I think it is also a reasonable question why Google needs to have two competing products that do the exact same thing.
They're two products that ostensibly do the same thing. And, if your answer is WELL, having a separate product like Waze lets us do slightly (arguably) sketchy things like route people through residential neighborhood streets with pedestrians to save 30 seconds or flag police speed traps, I'm not sympathetic. Do or not do but own it in either case. It's the same company.
